Surah Al-Qari'ah: Tajweed Rules, Verse by Verse

Verse 1 0 rule

No rule marked in this verse.

Verse 2 1 rule

1. ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

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

Verse 3 4 rules

1. وَمَآ

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

2. 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.

3. ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

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

Verse 4 7 rules

1. ٱلنَّاسُ

   • 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.

2. كَٱلْفَرَاشِ

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

3. ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

   • 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.
   • وMadd '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.

Verse 5 5 rules

1. ٱلْجِبَالُ

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

2. كَٱلْعِهْنِ

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

3. ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

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

Verse 6 3 rules

1. فَأَمَّا

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

2. مَن ثَقُلَتْ

   • ن ثَIkhfaA 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.

3. مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

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

Verse 7 1 rule

1. عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

   • ةٍ رَّIdgham without GhunnahBetween two words: a nūn with no vowel or a tanwīn (final “n”), then lām or rā.

Verse 8 2 rules

1. وَأَمَّا

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

2. مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

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

Verse 9 2 rules

1. فَأُمُّهُۥ

   • مُّGhunnahWhen a nūn or a mīm carries the shaddah, the small sign that doubles a letter.
   • هُۥMadd Tabee'eeAn alif, wāw or yā extending the vowel before it, and no hamzah or vowelless letter after.

Verse 10 3 rules

1. وَمَآ

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

2. 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.

Verse 11 0 rule

No rule marked in this verse.