Friday, April 18, 2008

Sun and Moon

As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakatuhu







Now carefully look at these two words.


AL-QAMARu (remember it is u and not un) is normal, but when reading
AL-SHAMSu, the LAAM is skipped and SHEEN is read twice (i.e, Tashdeed is added to it).


Based upon this there are two kinds of alphabets in Arabic
1) SHAMSI : Which demonstrate the behaviour of SHEEN. These are:


2)QAMARI : Which demonstrate the behaviour of QAF. These are:



You need not memorize it, it will come by practice.