Arabic Reading Writing Module 6-Bilal Philips-C-

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Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips


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Module 6

Lesson Six


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:LESSON SIXConnecting Form Name of the Letter Sound of the Letter

hhaa

ssaad

aaali f maqsoorahal-The consonant haadoes not exist in English. It is produced with the base

of the tongue near the back of the throat while strongly constricting the walls of

the throat and tensing the tongue. It may be called the whispering h because it

is very similar to a loud whisper. It may be approximated by loudly whispering

the sentences like Hi, how are you? and Hello, how do you do? and How

high is Helens wholehouse?.

haa differs from khaain that there is no contact whatsoever between

the base of the tongue and the soft palate forhaa as there is forkhaa. The sound

ofhaa is a pure sound, quite distinct from the scraping sound ofkhaa. The only

difference between the written forms ofhaa and khaa is the dot overkhaa.


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Attempt:

1. Reading Exercise 12. Wri ting Exercise 1

At this point and submit before proceeding.


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DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN HAA

AND KHAA

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Attempt:1. Reading Exercise 2

2. Wri ting Exercise 2



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The Arabic saad is similar to seen in terms of the general

placement of the tongue. However, saad is said with the back part of the

tongue tensed and raised, and the middle of the tongue lowered as was done for

and ,giving the s-sound a deep and heavy effect. Seen,on the other hand, is

said with the tongue relaxed and flat.

The short a vowel and long aa vowel followingsaadare pronounced like the

o in the English words, sod and sob or the aw in saw. In the English

words sass and sauce the English speaker hears two different a vowels and

one s consonant. The Arabic speaker, on the other hand, hears two different s

consonants and two variants of one a vowel. The Arabic speaker would write

sass as and sauce as .The beginning of the letter saadis like except that it begins slightly

below the line. After completing the tear-drop, it turns upward slightly then

downwards into a large u like that of and . The connecting form extends

along the line after the upward turn.

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Attempt:

1. Reading Exercise 3

2. Wri ting Exercise 3


DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN

SEEN AND SAAD

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Attempt:

1.Reading Exercise 42. Wri ting Exercise 4At this point and submit before proceeding.

ALIF MAQSOORAH

aa=Many Arabic words ending with the long vowel aa have ayaa without dots to

represent the alif, which is known as alif maqsoorah (shortened alif). Alif

maqsoorah is pronounced in the same way as an alif.


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Alif maqsoorah only occurs as the last letter of a word, and whenever a suffix

is added to the word, the yaa changes back into a regularalif.

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Attempt:

1.Reading Exercise 52. Wri ting Exercise 5



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DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN

ALIF MAQSOORAH AND YAA

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Attempt:




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SUN AND MOON LETTERS

Letters which follow al- (which is used to indicate definiteness) fall into

two main groups: letters whose points of articulation are close to that oflaam (the

palate behind the upper front teeth), and those which are far from it (e.g. the lips

and throat). Those letters which are articulated from locations far from that of

laam are pronounced distinctly and separately from laam.These letters are called

moon letters (al-huroof al-qamareeyah) in Arabic.1

When laamprecedes letters

pronounced from points in the mouth which are close to that of laam, the laam is

assimilated and read as a doubling of the letter. In Arabic these letters are called

sun letters (al-huroof ash-shamseeyah).2

Note: Whenever al- indicating definiteness is added to a word, the

tanween is removed. Tanween generally indicates indefiniteness. Consequently,

both and tanween cannot exist in the same word simultaneously.

MOON LETTERS

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1The word for moon in Arabic is qamar. The qaafis far from the laam. Consequently, with the

prefix al- it is written and read as al-qamar. It is thus, representative of this group.2

The word for sun in Arabic isshams. The lettersheen is close to laam. Consequently, when it is

written with the prefix al-, it is read as ash-shams. Thus,shams is representative of this group.


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Attempt:



Whenever al-, indicating definiteness, is preceded by another word, the vowel

of the word is added directly to the laam and the alif is not pronounced, as was

explained earlier.

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Attempt:




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SUN LETTERS

Whenever al-, indicating definiteness, precedes letters which are

pronounced from a point in the mouth close to that of laam, the laam is elided

into the letter following it. The fat-hah of the alif is then joined directly to the

letter following the laam, which is doubled, indicating that the laam was

transformed into the following letter during pronunciation.

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Attempt:



If another word precedes al-,indicating definiteness, its final vowel is joined

directly to the doubled letter and neither the alifnor the laam is pronounced.

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Attempt:

1.Reading Exercise 102. Writing Exercise 10


Reading & Writing Exercise

:Read the following sentences and then write

them:1

.................................................................................Good morning, Ahmad.

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Good morning

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, Mustafaa.

3 Literally, this phrase means May your morning be bright. It is the common response to the

previous greeting.


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Welcome! I am happy to meet you.

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The restaurant is crowed with people today.

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I ate the food, then I left.

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Sabree arrived Thursday morning.

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He came from Palestine with the doctor.

8 .................................................................................Drink the cup of buttermilk, Saamee.


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My brother smelled the rose, the Arabian jasmine and the

jasmine.

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Rushdee sent the book by air mail.

Attempt:

1.Reading Exercise 112. Writing Exercise 11


WRITING EXERCISE :Connect the letters

:+++=Example:

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Attempt:1. Writing Exercise 12


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