The document introduces the Arabic letter Baa (‫)ب‬ which is the second letter of the Arabic alphabet. It discusses the basic appearance and pronunciation of Baa, noting it is articulated by closing the two lips together. The document also covers the different forms Baa can take depending on its position in a word (isolated, beginning, middle, end). It describes the characteristics of Baa, including Jahr, Shiddah, Istifaal, Infitaah, Izlaaq and Qalqalah. Common errors in pronouncing Baa are also listed.

1. Introducing Arabic
Letters : Baa - ‫ب‬
The Second
Letter in the
Arabic Alphabet

2. The Letter Baa - At a Glance
Name : Baa ( ‫ب‬ )
Basic Appearance : ‫ب‬ looks like a side view
of a nice Boat on the river. ‫ب‬ got its point
below.
How Baa - ‫ب‬ is written in a word differs
according to it’s position in the word.
Letter Baa- ‫ب‬ is connectable to the letter
before and after it - ‫ْﺮ‬‫ﻴ‬ ِ‫ﺒ‬ َ‫ﻛ‬

3. Baa in isolated form : ‫ب‬
Baa at the beginning of a
word : ‫ﻼد‬ ِ‫ﺑ‬
Baa in the middle of a
word: ‫ﻞ‬ َ‫ﺒ‬ ‫ﺟ‬
Baa at the end of a word :
ْ‫ﺐ‬ ‫ﺣ‬

4. Makhraj of Baa - ‫ب‬
‫ب‬ is articulated by
closing the two lips
together but a
strong closing than
the letter Meem - ‫م‬
Ash - Shafataan
(The Two lips)

5. Sifaat/
Characteristics of
Baa - ‫ب‬
1. Jahr -‫ْﺮ‬‫ﻬ‬َ‫ﺟ‬
2. Shiddah - ‫ِﺪة‬‫ﺷ‬
3. Istifaal - ‫َﺎل‬‫ﻔ‬ِ‫ﺘ‬ْ‫ﺳ‬ِ‫إ‬
4. Infitaah - ‫َﺎح‬‫ﺘ‬ِ‫ﻔ‬ْ‫ﻧ‬ِ‫إ‬
5. Izlaaq - ‫ق‬ َ
‫ْﻻ‬‫ذ‬ِ‫إ‬
6. Qalqalah - ‫َﺔ‬‫ﻠ‬َ‫ﻘ‬ْ‫ﻠ‬َ‫ﻗ‬
Permanent
Sifaat

6. Sifaat/Characteristics of ‫ب‬ Sifaat/Characteristics of ‫ب‬
Jahr -‫ْر‬‫ﮭ‬َ‫ﺟ‬
• Literally : Apparent.
• Technically :
The discontinuation of the
breath when pronouncing
the letter due to strength
in its origin, causing it
to rely greatly on its
makhraj.
Shiddah - ‫ﱠة‬‫د‬ِ‫ﺷ‬
• Literally : Strength
• In Applied Tajweed:
The discontinuation of the
sound while pronouncing the
letter causing it to rely
greatly on its makhraj.

7. Sifaat/Characteristics of ‫ب‬ Sifaat/Characteristics of ‫ب‬
Istifaal - ‫َﺎل‬‫ﻔ‬ِ‫ﺗ‬ْ‫ِﺳ‬‫إ‬ Infitaah - ‫َﺎح‬‫ﺗ‬ِ‫ﻔ‬ْ‫ﻧ‬ِ‫إ‬
• Literally means
separation.
• Technically means
keeping the tongue
separated from the roof of
the mouth while
pronouncing a letter.
• Literally means
lowering or
dropping.
• Technically means
keeping the tongue
lowered from the
roof of the mouth
while pronouncing a
letter.

8. Izlaaq - ‫ق‬ َ
‫ﻻ‬ْ‫ِذ‬‫إ‬
Qalqalah - ‫َﺔ‬‫ﻠ‬َ‫ﻘ‬ْ‫ﻠ‬َ‫ﻗ‬
Sifaat/Characteristics of ‫ب‬ Sifaat/Characteristics of ‫ب‬
• Literally means
fluency, purity in Speech.
• Technically means the
articulation of the letters
with utmost ease from the sides
of the tongue or lips as if
they are slipping away.
• Its linguistic definition:
shaking, disturbance,to echo.
• Its applied definition:
Disturbance of the letter when it
is in the state of being
non-voweled until a strong accent
is heard when it is articulated by
parting of the two components of
the articulating parts, not by
collision, without accompanying it
any opening of the mouth, or
circling of the lips, or lowering
of the jaw.

9. Common
Errors in
Pronouncing
Baa - ‫ب‬
● Pronouncing the
letter ‫ب‬ with hams/
air flow - (‫ﷲ‬ ِ‫ﻢ‬ْ‫ﺴ‬ِ‫ﺑ‬)
● Making the ‫ب‬ heavy
when it comes with a
heavy letter
-(ُ‫ﻞ‬ِ‫ﻃ‬‫َﺎ‬‫ﺒ‬‫َﻟ‬‫ا‬)
● Not properly doing
qalqalah when it is
in saakin state -
(‫ْن‬‫و‬ُ‫ﺮ‬ِ‫ﺼ‬ْ‫ﺒ‬ُ‫ﻳ‬)

10. Practice some words with
the letter - ‫ب‬
َ‫ﺐ‬َ‫ﻗ‬َ‫و‬
ِ‫ُر‬‫ﺑ‬ُ‫ز‬
َ‫َب‬‫ھ‬َ‫ذ‬
ََ‫ث‬َ‫َﻌ‬‫ﺑ‬ َ‫َق‬‫ﺑ‬َ‫أ‬
َ‫ط‬َ‫َﺳ‬‫ﺑ‬
َ‫ﺐ‬َ‫ﺴ‬َ‫ﻛ‬
َ‫َس‬‫ﺑ‬َ‫ﻋ‬
َ‫ِﺢ‬‫ﺑ‬ُ‫ذ‬
ُ‫ب‬َ‫ﺻ‬َ‫ﺣ‬
َ‫ُك‬‫ر‬َ‫َﺻ‬‫ﺑ‬َ‫ﻓ‬
َ‫ِك‬‫ﻧ‬َ‫َد‬‫ﺑ‬ِ‫ﺑ‬
َ‫ﻊ‬ْ‫ِﺿ‬‫ﺑ‬ َ‫ِر‬‫ﺛ‬ْ‫ُﻌ‬‫ﺑ‬