Surah Al-Layl: Tajweed Rules, Verse by Verse

Verse 1 1 rule

1. وَٱلَّيْلِ

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

Verse 2 3 rules

1. وَٱلنَّهَارِ

   • 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.
   • نَّGhunnahWhen a nūn or a mīm carries the shaddah, the small sign that doubles a letter.

Verse 3 4 rules

1. ٱلذَّكَرَ

   • 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.

2. وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

   • ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
   • نثَIkhfaA nūn with no vowel, or a tanwīn (final “n”), before: ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ف ق ك.

Verse 4 1 rule

1. إِنَّ

   • نَّGhunnahWhen a nūn or a mīm carries the shaddah, the small sign that doubles a letter.

Verse 5 2 rules

1. فَأَمَّا

   • مَّGhunnahWhen a nūn or a mīm carries the shaddah, the small sign that doubles a letter.

2. وَٱتَّقَىٰ

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

Verse 6 1 rule

1. بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

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

Verse 7 1 rule

1. فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ

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

Verse 8 3 rules

1. وَأَمَّا

   • مَّGhunnahWhen a nūn or a mīm carries the shaddah, the small sign that doubles a letter.

2. مَنۢ بَخِلَ

   • نۢ بIqlabWhen a nūn with no vowel, or a tanwīn (final “n”), is followed by a bā (ب).

3. وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

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

Verse 9 1 rule

1. بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

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

Verse 10 1 rule

1. فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ

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

Verse 11 1 rule

1. مَالُهُۥٓ

   • هُۥٓMadd MunfasilWhen a word ends with a long vowel and the next one begins with a hamzah.

Verse 12 1 rule

1. إِنَّ

   • نَّGhunnahWhen a nūn or a mīm carries the shaddah, the small sign that doubles a letter.

Verse 13 2 rules

1. وَإِنَّ

   • نَّGhunnahWhen a nūn or a mīm carries the shaddah, the small sign that doubles a letter.

2. وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

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

Verse 14 2 rules

1. فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ

   • نذَIkhfaA nūn with no vowel, or a tanwīn (final “n”), before: ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ف ق ك.

2. نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ

   • رًا تَIkhfaA nūn with no vowel, or a tanwīn (final “n”), before: ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ف ق ك.

Verse 15 3 rules

1. يَصْلَىٰهَآ

   • ىٰMadd Tabee'eeAn alif, wāw or yā extending the vowel before it, and no hamzah or vowelless letter after.
   • آMadd MunfasilWhen a word ends with a long vowel and the next one begins with a hamzah.

2. ٱلْأَشْقَى

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

Verse 16 0 rule

No rule marked in this verse.

Verse 17 2 rules

1. وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا

   • نَّGhunnahWhen a nūn or a mīm carries the shaddah, the small sign that doubles a letter.

2. ٱلْأَتْقَى

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

Verse 18 1 rule

1. مَالَهُۥ

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

Verse 19 5 rules

1. عِندَهُۥ

   • ندَIkhfaA nūn with no vowel, or a tanwīn (final “n”), before: ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ف ق ك.
   • هُۥMadd Tabee'eeAn alif, wāw or yā extending the vowel before it, and no hamzah or vowelless letter after.

2. مِن نِّعْمَةٍ

   • ن نِّIdgham with GhunnahBetween two words: a nūn with no vowel or a tanwīn (final “n”), then yā, nūn, mīm or wāw.

3. نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ

   • ةٍ تُIkhfaA nūn with no vowel, or a tanwīn (final “n”), before: ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ف ق ك.

4. تُجْزَىٰٓ

   • جْQalqalahWhen qāf, ṭā, bā, jīm or dāl (ق ط ب ج د) has no vowel, or when you stop on it at the end of a word.

Verse 20 5 rules

1. ٱبْتِغَآءَ

   • ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
   • بْQalqalahWhen qāf, ṭā, bā, jīm or dāl (ق ط ب ج د) has no vowel, or when you stop on it at the end of a word.
   • آMadd MuttasilWhen the long vowel and the hamzah are in the same word.

2. وَجْهِ

   • جْQalqalahWhen qāf, ṭā, bā, jīm or dāl (ق ط ب ج د) has no vowel, or when you stop on it at the end of a word.

3. ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

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

Verse 21 0 rule

No rule marked in this verse.