This document provides rules for beginners on stretching vowels, or madd, in Arabic recitation. It states that alif with fatha, yaa with kasra, and waw with damah should be stretched by one beat. When a letter of madd is followed by hamza within one word, it receives 4 beats of madd. But between separate words there is an option. When stopping at a word ending with a letter of madd followed by a letter with a haraka, there is an option for 2, 4, or 6 beats of madd. But if followed by a letter with a sukoon, it must be 6 beats of madd.

1. Madd Rules 1For beginners

2. You are going to stretch your voice at 3 letters
by one condition :
1- Alif preceeded by fatha : َ‫ق‬‫ا‬‫ل‬
2- Yaa preceeded by Kasra : َ‫ق‬‫ي‬َ‫ل‬
3- Waw preceded by Damah: َ‫يق‬‫و‬‫ل‬

3. look
when you find letter of Madd ~ followed by Hamza َ‫ء‬
in one word : give it 4 beats Madd. But when they are
in separated words you will have an option.
َ‫السم‬‫اء‬–َ‫ي‬‫ا‬‫أ‬ََ‫يها‬

5. When you stop at a word ended by letter of
madd, followed by a letter with Sign(haraka) :
You have an option to do 2,4 or 6 beates.
When you stop at a word ended by letter of
Madd, followed by a letter with Skoon, you have
to make 6 beates Madd

6. To Be Continued