Talim-ul-Quran — Page 105
SUPERFLUOUS LETTERS. AND PHONETIC STYLE OF WORDS. In Arabic calligraphy some letters are occasionally not pronounced. Such letters are called "Superfluous Letters". They do not carry any diacritical sign. They are blank. In such cases a letter preceding the superfluous letter is joined to the following quiescent or tashdid letter. . Superfluous letters often occur between two words, at the ending of the first word and at the beginning of the next word. . In the word it fad‘u the letter I alif after fa' is a superfluous letter. The superfluous كَالدِّهَانِ letter should be ignored and the word should be read as a fadu. In the word kaddihāni the letters I alif and ✓ lãm after ✔ kā' are superfluous letters and should be ignored. amilussalihati the عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ kaddihani. In the word كَذِهَانِ The word should be read as letters J11, (wāw, two alifs and lām) are superfluous letters. These should be ignored and the و . amilussalihati، عَمِلُصَّالِحَاتِ word should be read as. EXERCISE فَادْعُ لَنَا كَالدِّهَانِ بِالْآخِرَةِ مَرَضًا لِشَيْءٍ مِائَةَ أَوْ تُوْا الْكِتَابَ ūtul kitāba mi'ata lishai-in maraḍan bilākhirati kaddi hāni fad‘ulanā أَنَّهُ الْحَقِّ - لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ - ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى - عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ - كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي اسْتَوْقَدَ هذَا الْبَلَدِ الْآمِيْنِ - وَيُقِيْمُوا الصَّلوةَ - فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّتِي - وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكُوةَ - لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ وَتَوَاصَوْ بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْ بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ - أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمْ - اَتِمُوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلهِ . w اَقَامُوا الصَّلوةَ وَأتَوُ الزَّكُوةَ - فَلْيُؤَتِ الَّذِي - اُؤْتُمِنَ - فَلْيُؤَتِ الَّذِي اؤْتُمِنَ أَمَانَتَهُ Note: Like superfluous letters, sometimes, blank tips are also put in Arabic for certain purpose. These are also disregarded while reading the words. Following are some of the examples: 105