QirāʾātThe ten readings

Connected prolongation

المد المتصل

al-madd al-muttaṣil

Here the hamzah that causes the lengthening sits in the same word as the vowel. Because the cause is internal, no reader may shorten it: everyone lengthens, and the disagreement is only about how much. This is the one madd where the floor is 4 rather than 2.

Example

جَآءَ

passim

The ā and the hamzah are inseparable, so no reader reads it short.

By reader

Most readers — 4

  • Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣimحفص4 or 5
  • Warsh ʿan Nāfiʿورش6
  • Shuʿbah ʿan ʿĀṣimشعبة4 or 5
  • Khalaf ʿan Ḥamzahخلف6
  • Khallād ʿan Ḥamzahخلاد6