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FAST Tajweed Intensive WorkshopRules of Raa
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Rules of Raa
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The Rules of Raa
Raa (ر) is a letter that can be pronounced as either light or heavy, depending on certain conditions.
The rules change according to whetherA) Raa is SakinahB) Raa is mutaharrik (i.e. it has some harakah on it)
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When Raa is Mutaharrik
If Raa has a Fat-hah or a dhamma on it, then it is always pronounced heavy, as in the following examples:
Examples of Heavy Raa
ك� ك�ا د� ك�اة� ك ض� ك �ار� ك�ا
ح� ح �و كوالFAST Tajweed Intensive - Summer 2012
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When Raa is Mutaharrik
If Raa has a kasrah on it, then it is always pronounced light, as in the following:
Examples of Light Raa
ض� � ك ض� ك� دل ا
ض� ك�ا ض� ح�و دل ك�ا
ض� د �ك دل ا
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When Raa is Sakinah
If Raa is Sakinah, then we look at the harakah of the letter before it.
If the letter before the Raa Sakinah has a Fathah or a dhamma on it, then it is always pronounced heavy, as in the following examples:
Examples of Heavy Raa Sakinah
�ك د� �ك ك�ا ك�ح� ح د� ك!
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When Raa is Sakinah…Contd.
If the letter preceding Raa Sakinah has a kasrah on it, then the Raa Sakinah is pronounced light, unless:
A) if the Raa Sakinah is coming right after a hamzatul wasl: It will always be pronounced heavy, regardless of
the harakah on the letter before Hamzat-ul-Wasl
Example of Heavy Raa Sakinah After Hamzatul Wasl
ى# ك% ك! د� ض& ا ك� ضل
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When Raa is Sakinah…Contd.
B) If the Raa Sakinah is followed by one of the heavy letters in the same word:
If the heavy letter has a kasrah, the Raa Sakinah is pronounced light
Otherwise the Raa is pronounced heavy
See the examples on the following slide
Heavy letters are:
خ6ص4 ض2غ+ط/ ق-ظ+
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When Raa is Sakinah…Contd.
Examples of heavy Raa followed by heavy letter and preceded by a kasrah
ض� ك'ا د� ض� دل ض�ا كل
ة) ك(ا د� ض*
د�ا ك'ا د� ض,ا
Example of light Raa followed by a heavy letter and preceded by a kasrah
ة- د� ض�
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When Raa is Sakinah…Contd.If the Raa Sakinah is preceded by another
Sakinah letter (because we have to stop at the Raa Sakinah), then we look at the harakah of the letter before that Sakinah letter.Example of heavy Raa Sakinah preceded by a
Sakinah letter preceded by a letter with a Fat-hah or dhamma on it
ة� د. ك/ر� د0 ح'
Example of light Raa Sakinah preceded by a Sakinah letter preceded by a letter with a kasrah on it
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An exception
An exception to this rule is that a Raa
Sakinah preceded by a yaa Sakinah ( is (ي+ALWAYS pronounced light, even if the letter preceding that yaa Sakinah has a Fat-hah or dhamma on it, such as:
�د +ك3
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