Surah Al-Fatiha: Tajweed Rules, Verse by Verse

ٱللَّهِ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
• لLam ShamsiyyahWhen “al” is followed by one of these letters: ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن.
• مَـٰMadd Tabee'eeAn alif, wāw or yā extending the vowel before it, and no hamzah or vowelless letter after.

ٱلرَّحِيمِ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
• لLam ShamsiyyahWhen “al” is followed by one of these letters: ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن.
• يMadd 'Aarid Li-SukunWhen you stop on a word ending in a long vowel and then one letter. The same goes for “ay” and “aw” (yā or wāw with no vowel after a fatḥa): this is madd līn.

ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
• عَـٰMadd Tabee'eeAn alif, wāw or yā extending the vowel before it, and no hamzah or vowelless letter after.
• يMadd 'Aarid Li-SukunWhen you stop on a word ending in a long vowel and then one letter. The same goes for “ay” and “aw” (yā or wāw with no vowel after a fatḥa): this is madd līn.

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ

• لLam ShamsiyyahWhen “al” is followed by one of these letters: ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن.
• مَـٰMadd Tabee'eeAn alif, wāw or yā extending the vowel before it, and no hamzah or vowelless letter after.

ٱلرَّحِيمِ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
• لLam ShamsiyyahWhen “al” is followed by one of these letters: ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن.
• يMadd 'Aarid Li-SukunWhen you stop on a word ending in a long vowel and then one letter. The same goes for “ay” and “aw” (yā or wāw with no vowel after a fatḥa): this is madd līn.

مَـٰلِكِ

• مَـٰMadd Tabee'eeAn alif, wāw or yā extending the vowel before it, and no hamzah or vowelless letter after.

ٱلدِّينِ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
• لLam ShamsiyyahWhen “al” is followed by one of these letters: ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن.
• يMadd 'Aarid Li-SukunWhen you stop on a word ending in a long vowel and then one letter. The same goes for “ay” and “aw” (yā or wāw with no vowel after a fatḥa): this is madd līn.

نَسْتَعِينُ

• يMadd 'Aarid Li-SukunWhen you stop on a word ending in a long vowel and then one letter. The same goes for “ay” and “aw” (yā or wāw with no vowel after a fatḥa): this is madd līn.

ٱلصِّرَٰطَ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
• لLam ShamsiyyahWhen “al” is followed by one of these letters: ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن.
• رَٰMadd Tabee'eeAn alif, wāw or yā extending the vowel before it, and no hamzah or vowelless letter after.

ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
• يMadd 'Aarid Li-SukunWhen you stop on a word ending in a long vowel and then one letter. The same goes for “ay” and “aw” (yā or wāw with no vowel after a fatḥa): this is madd līn.

صِرَٰطَ

• رَٰMadd Tabee'eeAn alif, wāw or yā extending the vowel before it, and no hamzah or vowelless letter after.

ٱلَّذِينَ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.

ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.

ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
• لLam ShamsiyyahWhen “al” is followed by one of these letters: ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن.
• آMadd LazimBefore a doubled or always-vowelless letter, and in some opening letters of surahs.
• يMadd 'Aarid Li-SukunWhen you stop on a word ending in a long vowel and then one letter. The same goes for “ay” and “aw” (yā or wāw with no vowel after a fatḥa): this is madd līn.