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Hamzatul Qat’[1]: the cutting hamzah is represented by the following noti cations of new posts by
symbol ( ‫) ء‬. It should not be mistaken with the letter alif ( ‫) ا‬, but it email.

should be noted that it often occurs on the alif ( ‫ أ‬or ‫) إ‬. This post will
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cover some general rules about the hamzatul qat’, while also taking a
close look at the letter itself.
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The hamzatul qat’ sound is produced by cutting off the air stream at UP!
the top of the windpipe (then letting it go for a breath, of course!). It is
similar to pressing the stop button on a tape player in mid-word. Join 706 other subscribers

The hamzatul qat’ can be found in a number of places within a word:

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At the beginning it may appear as:
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‫ﻤﺪ‬
َ ‫ﺣ‬
ْ ‫أ‬ ‫َءأﻧ ْﺘ ُﻢ‬

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At the end of the word, it may appear on the line: Makhaarij (6)

Sifaat (4)
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The hamzatul qat’ also appears on the three voweled letters, and on a
spike (commonly referred to as a “chair”) of it’s own. Basic Tajweed (21)
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On the alif, it can appear at the beginning of the word as shown

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previously, at the end of a word, or in the middle of a word: Quizzes

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Appearing on the waaw under certain Arabic grammar rules, the February
hamzah looks like so: 2013

ِ ْ ‫ﻣﺆ‬
‫ﻣﻨ َﺔ‬ ُ
November
2012

Mu’minah March
2012
The hamzah appears on the yaa at the end of the word as so:
February
2012
‫ﺊ‬
ْ ‫ﺑ َﺮِﻳ‬
January
Baree’ 2012

December
Appearing on it’s own tooth, chair, or spike, the hamzah is written like
2011
so:

November
َ ْ ‫ﺑ ِﺌ‬
‫ﺲ‬ 2011

Bi’sa October
2011

From the above, we can observe that whenever a hamzatul qat’ enters
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on a harf madd, the harf madd is not sounded, rather the 2 vowels are
2011
cut simply into a fat-ha, dammah, or kasra. After all, it is the cutting
hamzah! August
2011
Let’s observe some of the tajweed rules involved with this hamzah.
July
2011

June
Hamzatul Wasl meets Hamzatul Qat’ 2011

When the hamzatul qat’ is preceded by a hamzatul wasl, there are two May
2011
rulings.

April
If the hamzatul wasl is dropped, because the word starting with it is 2011
connected to the preceding word, then the hamzatul qat’ is sounded
as per normal. Example, March
2011

February
2011

Al-lathi-‘tumina January
2011

(read as ‫ﻦ‬
َ ‫ﻤ‬
ِ ُ ‫) اﻟﺬ ِْءﺗ‬ December
2010
If the hamzatul wasl is NOT dropped, because the reciter is starting at
that word, then the hamzatul qat’ is dropped, and the harf madd it is
“sitting on” is sounded for 2 counts. Example,

Oootumina

To break it down, the process is simple. The hamzah on the 2nd letter
(i.e. the hamzatul qat‘) is “transferred” onto the hamzatul wasl, and
the respective diacritic is assigned such that a madd badal is can
then be sounded. Based on this process, the word above is read

as ‫ﻦ‬
ُ
َ ‫ﻤ‬
ِ ُ ‫أ وﺗ‬

Another example is as follows. In this word, the hamzatul qat‘ is

replaced by a yaa’ madeeyah such that the word “i-i-tinaa” beocomes

Ieetinaa

Hamzatul Qat’ and Al-Madd Al-‘Iwad

When a word ends with hamzatul qat’, whether on a yaa, or on the line,
the hamzatul qat’ must be voweled for two counts. Example,

Binaaa’aa (when stopping)

Hamzatul Qat’ precedes Hamzatul Wasl

There is one occurance of this in the Quran (where a hamzatul

qat’ precedes a hamzatul wasl). This word has the “ease
of pronunciation” rule applied to it, because it is very di cult for the
tongue to pronounce. It also ties in with the grammar rule about
the impermissiblity of two saakin letters being together.

A-a-‘jamee

(read as ‫ﻤﻲ‬
ِ ‫ﺠ‬
َ ْ ‫ – ) َءَءﻋ‬this word is found in Fussilat (41:44)

It would be impossible to say it with both saakin on the hamzatul wasl

and the ayn, as the hamzatul wasl cuts off the air way, which prevents
the tongue moving back to make the silent ayn sound!

Try it for yourself: block off your airway with your tongue, then move it
back to say a slient ayn, and notice that your tongue cannot be at 2
places at the same time.

Hamzatul Qat’ opposes Qalqalah

As a nal note, remember that hamzatul qat’ and qalqalah are

complete opposites. Many people who stop at a word ending with a
hamzatul qat’ will sound a small “ehh” qalqalah.

Remember that qat’ means to cut, so you must cut off the airway AND
cut off the sound.

You can test to see if you sound this small qalqalah by doing two
things:

1. Place four ngers over your mouth and say a word that ends
with hamzatul qat’. Example, samaa’

If, on your ngers, you feel a small amount of air being released
at the end of the word, then you must be sounding this qalqalah
(because the airway passage wasn’t cut off).
Keep practising until you no longer feel this breath of air.

2. Record your voice for a few seconds, as you say “aaaa”. Play it
back, and mid way hit the stop button. Compare that to what you
 sound like after saying a word that ends with hamzatul qat’. If you
can notice that “ehh” sound, then you are not ful ling the rights of
this letter. Which means only one thing: practice.

For those who may be familiar with something called ishmaam and
rawm, then I know what you’ll be protesting about. But that’s to
discuss in another post.

Resources Link:

– Document “Hamzatul Qate’”

– Sukoon [Gateway To Arabic: page 48]

Note, these documents are found on the resources page.

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El Isbani says: Reply 

November 5, 2011 at 1:44 am

ASA. I want to make sure I have this correct, on Hamzatul Wasl

meets Hamzatul Qat’ in the second situation, it seems that the post
says that we sould pronounce it almost as if it were a hamzatul wasl
followed by a yaa saakinah (in the sense that both would sound like
“eetinaa”). Would this be considered a form of ” badl ” ?

heesbees says: Reply 

November 5, 2011 at 9:27 am

Yes, that’s correct, I wanted to point it out, but I was scared I’ll
confuse my readers. When that happens, you pronounce the harf
madd with 2 counts, which is also the same length as the Madd
Al-Badal I’m really happy you picked up on it!

na sa says: Reply 
April 19, 2012 at 9:12 pm

salaams when you speak of tasheel here can you make there
refference to madd al farq also?
and is the preffered riwayyah ibdal

P.S. jazakallah for your reply about siffah, sorry didnt get back to you
sooner.

oh and one more thins can you explain to me words qiyyasiyaah how
are they assigned the harakah on the humza tul wasl, are there only
speci c words in the quran, and what is the difference between
samaeeyah and qiyaseeyah.
i understand samaeeyah that these 7 words were transmitted by
rasoolalah (saw) so they are an exception to the 3rd letter vowel rule.
but qiyaseeyah is bugging what are they are they speci c in number,

jazakallah

heesbees tajweed says: Reply 

April 22, 2012 at 6:33 pm

Salaams Sis Na sa… I’m very sorry for the time it’s taken me to
reply to your comments. Subhanallah, every day I decide to sit
 down and just dedicate even 20minutes to getting something on
the site or replying to comments, I get distracted…
I hope you can be patient with me for another couple of days, as
uni is very hectic at the moment. Insha Allah I’ll go through my
notes and answer you as soon as possible.

Love and salaams..

Amatullah says: Reply 

December 31, 2013 at 11:42 pm

Alsalamu alaykum sister,

I have some questions on hamzatul qat’.

1. About this: “When a word ends with hamzatul qat’, whether on a

yaa, or on the line, the hamzatul qat’ must be voweled for two counts”.
I have not been able to locate an example with a hamzatul qat’
located on a yaa at the end of a word where it meets the madd iwad
so i was wondering if you could give me an example of this?

2. Regarding “Hamzatul Qat’ precedes Hamzatul Wasl” and the word

“A-a-’jamee”. I thought the alif with a circle on top of it was a silent
alif. Why is it called hamzatul wasl when it doesn’t look like a
hamzatul wasl? And why is it sukoon? I thought the hamzatul wasl is
not pronounced except when it is the rst letter in a sentence.
Had i not seen your post, then i simply would have have read the
word like this: ” ‘a’jamee ” starting with hamza then fatha and then
straight to the letter ayn, thinking that the alif is silent (whether if it is
the silent alif or hamzatul wasl) and thus not pronounced it at all so
no sukoon would be there since the hamza has a fatha.

3. As for hamzatul qat’ when stopping. Should the sound be removed

completly as if the hamza wasen’t there or should a small part of it
come out but without any echo? And is this rule only for when one
stops at a word with this hamza at the end or should the sound of
this hamza but cut even when in the middle of a sentence such as in
the word sama’a in 37:6?

Jazaki Allah khayr in this dunya and after this dunya.

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