Talim-ul-Quran — Page 47
Sound-wise the Arabic letters are of two kinds: 1. . Letters which are light in voice. 2. . Letters which are heavy in voice. . For example has a light voice like "S" in English word "Seen", while س heavy voice like "S" in English word "Salt". Letters that have heavy voice are: خ ص ض غ ط ظ ق ر ص has a. While reading words an Arabic letter is pronounced mostly as heavy but sometimes it is pronounced light. However, while reading Arabic alphabet the above letters will be pronounced heavy. Other than the above eight letters should be pronounced carefully light in voice. . Nonemphatics. Transliteration/ Meaning. English word. Emphatics. Transliteration/ Meaning. English word. A sword. Summer saif سیف س دير د تين dhalil ذَلِيْلٌ ذ. Sea. A covert dair Dead. Figs tīn Tell. Submissive. This saif صيف dair ضَيْر ض طين ط zalil Those ظَلِيل ظ. Saw. Harm. Doll. Mud tîn Talk. Shady. Phonetically, the hamza ( c ) is a 'glottal stop'. There is no letter corresponding this sound in English. . Written Arabic has only three vowels: a, u and i. Each vowel can be either long or short. These are not part of the alphabets. The different sounds of the vowels can be described using the latter Sin ( (✓ ) as follows: س . 3 3 س في في سو sa su si sau 47 سيا شو سي سَيْ sā sū. Sī sai