Madd Asli

Natural madd (الْمَدُّ الْأَصْلِيُّ) occurs when ا, و, ي with no haraka are preceded by a vocalized letter (which matches them, e.g fathah for alif) , the elongation occurs in the root of the word and the reasons for the elongation are not hamzah or sukoon. This madd is to be elongated for 2 counts.

We can see it is a «natural» madd simply by noticing that there is no hamzah in the preceding syllable, and no sukoon in the following one.

Examples:

Exercises:

1. Find madd al-Asli in surah al-Qari’ah:

2. Also in surah al-Bayyinah:

Questions:

1. What is madd?

2. How many types of madd are there?

3. What is a «natural madd’?

4. How do we know it is natural?

5. What else is this type of madd called?

6. For how many counts should it be stretched?