QirāʾātThe ten readings

Prolongation for a pause

المد العارض للسكون

al-madd al-ʿāriḍ li-l-sukūn

If you pause at the end of a verse, the final letter loses its vowel — but only because of the pause, not permanently. The long vowel before it may therefore be held 2, 4 or 6 counts. All ten permit all three, so the choice is the reciter's, not the reading's.

Example

ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

al-Fātiḥah 1:2

Stopping here, the ī may be held short, medium or long — in any reading.

By reader

All ten2, 4 or 6

Collated from the printed sourceSource: Vol. I, p. 246