{"id":1324,"date":"2025-11-10T02:03:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T00:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2025-11-10T02:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T00:03:50","slug":"the-7-heavy-letters-in-arabic-tafkheem-tarqeeq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/the-7-heavy-letters-in-arabic-tafkheem-tarqeeq\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Heavy letters in Arabic | Tafkheem &amp; Tarqeeq"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each letter in the Arabic alphabet has a sound that is either heavy or light. Heavy letters are 7 {\u062e \u0635 \u0636 \u063a \u0637 \u0642 \u0638}.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These letters can be collected in a word to remember them easily which is&nbsp;<em>\u062e\u0635 \u0636\u063a\u0637 \u0642\u0638<\/em>. This word has no meaning in Arabic but contains the heavy letters in the Arabic language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heaviness or lightness in Tajweed is one of the important topics each reciter has to observe while reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the common mistakes in Tajweed is not getting heavy and light letters in the right way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mistake in heavy and light letters has been covered in the article of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/5-most-common-tajweed-mistakes-people-make-when-reciting-quran\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1261\">5 most common Tajweed mistakes people make when reciting Quran<\/a>. I strongly recommend you to know these mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavy letters are also called Tafkheem letters and Isti\u2019laa letters, while the light letters are also called Tarqeeq letters or Istifaal letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Tafkheem?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tafkheem\u00a0<\/strong>means: Thickening or making heavy, giving the letter quality of heaviness by elevation of the tongue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many heavy letters are there in Arabic?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are 7 heavy letters in Arabic that are always heavy, and there are 3 letters that sometimes should be heavy and sometimes light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 7 heavy letters in Arabic (Tafkheem letters)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u0621.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0627\u062f.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0636\u0627\u062f.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u063a\u064a\u0646.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0621.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0641.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0638\u0627\u0621.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: The heavy letters are also called the full mouth letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples of heavy letters in the Quran:&nbsp;<strong>\u0635\u0650\u0631\u064e\u0627\u0637\u064e<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>\u0642\u064e<\/strong>\u0644\u0628\u064c,&nbsp;<strong>\u0636\u064e\u0631\u064e<\/strong>\u0628\u064e,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Tarqeeq?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tarqeeq&nbsp;<\/strong>means: Thinning or lightening \u2013 giving the letter a quality<br>of lightness by lowering the tongue away from the<br>the roof of the mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The light letters in Arabic (Tarqeeq letters)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0647\u0645\u0632\u0629.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0621.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0627\u0621.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0621.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u062c\u064a\u0645.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0621.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0627\u0644.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0630\u0627\u0644.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0632\u0627\u064a.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0646.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0634\u064a\u0646.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0639\u064a\u0646.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0627\u0621.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0641.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0627\u0645.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u064a\u0645.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0648\u0646.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u0647\u0627\u0621.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0627\u0648.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0627\u0621.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Letters that can be heavy or light<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These three letters are three. \u0627 \u0631 \u0644. Alif Madd, Raa, and Laam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These letters can be either heavy or light depending on some rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is \u0627 (Alif) heavy or light letter?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Madd letter Alif can be heavy or light depending on the letter preceding it. If before Alif a heavy letter it should sound heavy. If before Alif a light letter it should sound light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples of Alif heavy:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642\u064a\u0646, \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alif in these two examples&nbsp;<strong>has a heavy sound<\/strong>&nbsp;because it\u2019s preceded by a heavy letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example of light Alif:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0623\u064f\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0633\u064d, \u0643\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alif in these two examples&nbsp;<strong>has a light sound<\/strong>&nbsp;because it\u2019s preceded by a light letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each letter in the Arabic alphabet has a sound that is either heavy or light. Heavy letters are 7 {\u062e \u0635 \u0636 \u063a \u0637 \u0642 \u0638}. These letters can be collected in a word to remember them easily which is&nbsp;\u062e\u0635 \u0636\u063a\u0637 \u0642\u0638. This word has no meaning in Arabic but contains the heavy letters in &#8230; <a title=\"The 7 Heavy letters in Arabic | Tafkheem &amp; Tarqeeq\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/the-7-heavy-letters-in-arabic-tafkheem-tarqeeq\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The 7 Heavy letters in Arabic | Tafkheem &amp; Tarqeeq\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[15,41],"class_list":["post-1324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tajweed","tag-quran-learning","tag-tajweed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quranacademylive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}