Munfasil Jaa’iz ﻣﺪ ﻣﻨﻔﺼﻞ ﺟﺎﺋﺰ (Permitted separate Madd)
Mutasil Waajib
Requirements :
Natural Madd letter
Followed by a hamza (ء) in the same (ﻣﺘﺼﻞ) word
Effect :
The sound is elongated by 4 or 5 counts obligatory (واﺟﺐ)
Further Notes :
If recitation is stopped , it is elongated 4, 5 or 6 counts
Examples :
110 : 1
إِذَا جَآءَ
13 : 25
وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ
89 : 23
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ
Munfasil Jaa’iz
Requirements :
Natural Madd letter
Followed by a hamza (ء) in the next/separate (ﻣﻨﻔﺼﻞ) word
Effect :
The sound is elongated by 4 or 5 counts
However, according to the way of Tayyibah outlined by Imam Ibn Al-Jazaree in An-Nashr, it is permissable to shorten it to 2 counts, hence its name ‘jaa’iz’
Examples :
108:1
إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَـٰكَ
66:6
قُوۡۤا اَنۡفُسَكُمۡ
106:4
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْعَمَهُم
Exercise – Identify the Munfasil Jaa’iz Madd, then click on ‘answer’
NB : For non-arabic speaking people, it may not always be clear as to whether the hamzah is part of the first word, or the second.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
(2:21)
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
The bottom example (2:21) is how it will appear in the Qur’an, the top example is the make-up of this.
It seems that the hamzah is part of the first word, when actually it is part of the second. Therefore, as a general rule, it may be safer for such people who are not 100% sure to remain consistent with their counts for both mutasil and munfasil – i.e choose the same length of elongation for both, either the 4 or 5 counts.
Click on the ‘Summary Chart for Madd‘ link on the right hand sidebar to view a summarized chart for the types and branches of Madd.
