Surah Al-Qadr: Tajweed Rules, Verse by Verse

إِنَّآ

• نَّGhunnahWhen a nūn or a mīm carries the shaddah, the small sign that doubles a letter.
• آMadd MunfasilWhen a word ends with a long vowel and the next one begins with a hamzah.

أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ

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

ٱلْقَدْرِ

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

وَمَآ

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

أَدْرَىٰكَ

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

ٱلْقَدْرِ

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

ٱلْقَدْرِ

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

خَيْرٌ مِّنْ

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

ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ

• ٱHamzat al-WaslAt the start of a word, on the alif topped with a small sign (ٱ), as in “al”.
• لَـٰٓMadd MuttasilWhen the long vowel and the hamzah are in the same word.

وَٱلرُّوحُ

• 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.

رَبِّهِم مِّن

• م مِّIdgham ShafawiWhen a mīm with no vowel is followed by another mīm.

مِّن كُلِّ

• ن كُIkhfaA 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.

سَلَـٰمٌ

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

مَطْلَعِ

• طْQalqalahWhen 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.

ٱلْفَجْرِ

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