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Madd Muttasil

مدّ متصل

The stretch inside one word

Lesson 5.2 · Module 5 · Madd

Madd Muttasil (مدّ متصل): inside one word, a long vowel followed by a hamzah is held four or five counts. When the long vowel and the hamzah are in the same word. The Quran has 1,997 of them, in 96 surahs (Hafs reading).

What does Madd Muttasil mean?

Madd Muttasil (مدّ متصل): the stretch inside one word

An obligatory elongation of four or five counts when a madd letter is followed by a hamza in the same word.

Madd Muttasil: when does it apply?

When the long vowel and the hamzah are in the same word.

The three madd letters

How to pronounce Madd Muttasil

Hold the vowel four or five counts without breaking it, then say the hamzah clearly.

The gesture
Keep one steady vowel and one breath, then pronounce the hamzah clearly from the throat without cutting the madd early.
Avoid
Do not shorten Madd Muttasil to natural-madd length. Do not add this length unless a hamzah follows the madd letter.
The condition
The madd letter and the hamzah share one word. Six counts are allowed if stopping makes the hamzah sakin — but not when the hamzah carries fatḥa tanwīn, which becomes an alif.

The length, by ear

Four or five counts: one length, chosen at the start and kept to the end of the recitation.

جَآءَ An-Nasr 110:1

One count is the length of a short vowel.

Where the letters come from

Each point is shown on the mouth map, and each letter has its own page.

12 examples of Madd Muttasil in the Quran

Short surahs first. Tap ▶ to hear Madd Muttasil in its verse, recited by al-Husary.

Madd Muttasil: common mistakes

What is often heard, and how to fix it. The ▶ plays the right model, recited by al-Husary.

  1. Holding it two counts, like a natural madd: it is never shortened; four or five counts.

    The right model · Quraysh 106:2

  2. Changing the length from one madd muttasil to the next: the chosen length is kept to the end of the recitation.

    The right model · Al-Qadr 97:4

  3. Lengthening and then swallowing the hamza: after the madd, it is said clearly.

    The right model · Al-Ma'un 107:6

Madd Muttasil and neighbouring rules

RuleWhenWhat happens
Madd Muttasil When the long vowel and the hamzah are in the same word. Inside one word, a long vowel followed by a hamzah is held four or five counts.
Madd Munfasil When a word ends with a long vowel and the next one begins with a hamzah. A long vowel ends a word and a hamzah opens the next: four or five counts.
Madd Tabee'ee An alif, wāw or yā extending the vowel before it, and no hamzah or vowelless letter after. A long vowel with no hamzah or sukoon after it is held two counts.
Madd 'Aarid Li-Sukun When you stop on a word ending in a long vowel and then one letter. The same goes for “ay” and “aw” (yā or wāw with no vowel after a fatḥa): this is madd līn. When you stop, a long vowel placed just before the last letter may last two, four or six counts.
Madd Lazim Before a doubled or always-vowelless letter, and in some opening letters of surahs. A long vowel, then a doubled or always-vowelless letter: it is held six counts.

By ear: two words that sound alike

Two words that sound alike: one is read with Madd Muttasil, the other with Madd Tabee'ee. Listen for the difference.

What I show you when you recite

Your turn: which rule?

By eye

The highlighted letters carry a rule. Which one?

  1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ

    'ulā'ika

    Al-Bayyinah 98:7

  2. إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَـٰكَ

    innā 'aʿṭaynāka

    Al-Kawthar 108:1

  3. سَآءَ

    sā'a

    Al-Munafiqun 63:2

  4. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ

    l-insāna

    Al-'Asr 103:2

By ear

Listen, then choose the rule you hear. The word appears after you answer.

Practise: tajweed exercises with answers

Madd Muttasil in numbers

1,997times in the Quran

96surahs

Where to practise: the surahs of 20 verses or fewer with the most Madd Muttasil
SurahVersesMadd Muttasil
49. Al-Hujurat 18 12
60. Al-Mumtahanah 13 11
63. Al-Munafiqun 11 6
98. Al-Bayyinah 8 5
61. As-Saf 14 5

Counted on the text of the Madani Mushaf (Hafs reading).

Frequently asked questions

What is Madd Muttasil in tajweed?

Madd Muttasil is a madd letter followed by a hamzah in the same word. Hold it four or five counts.

When does Madd Muttasil apply?

When the long vowel and the hamzah are in the same word. The madd letter and the hamzah share one word. Six counts are allowed if stopping makes the hamzah sakin — but not when the hamzah carries fatḥa tanwīn, which becomes an alif.

How many times does Madd Muttasil occur in the Quran?

1,997 times, in 96 surahs, according to the text of the Madani Mushaf (Hafs reading). Among the surahs of 20 verses or fewer, Al-Hujurat has the most: 12 in 18 verses.

Madd Muttasil or Madd Munfasil: what is the difference?

Madd Muttasil: inside one word, a long vowel followed by a hamzah is held four or five counts. Madd Munfasil: a long vowel ends a word and a hamzah opens the next: four or five counts.

Madd Muttasil: how do I know I apply it correctly?

A rule is learned by ear: recite a surah out loud in the Tilawa app, which follows your recitation word by word and shows you where Madd Muttasil was missed or done wrong, with the word to replay in its verse.

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