Level 6 · The Madd Tower

Madd ṭabīʿī

مَدّ طَبِيعِي

Level 6 · The Madd Tower

Natural madd (2) ٱلْمَدّ ٱلطَّبِيعِي

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The idea

A bare long vowel — alif after fatḥa, wāw after ḍamma, yāʾ after kasra — is held two counts. This is the baseline against which every longer madd is measured. Get this length steady and the rest are multiples of it.

Madd ṭabīʿī

مَدّ طَبِيعِي
The rule
A bare madd letter (ا و ي) is stretched two counts — the baseline length.
How it sounds
Held for two counts, evenly.
Length
Held for 2 ḥaraka counts.
How often
43,651 occurrences across the Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim text of the Qurʾān — mechanically derived from the Uthmani marks, not hand-counted.

Examples in the Qurʾān

  • بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    Qurʾān 1:1

  • ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Qurʾān 1:2

  • مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Qurʾān 1:4

Rule spans are computed from the Uthmani combining marks on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim. Where to stop (waqf) is interpretive and is taught, never auto-asserted. How we count →

Questions

What is Madd ṭabīʿī (مَدّ طَبِيعِي) in tajwīd?

A bare madd letter (ا و ي) is stretched two counts — the baseline length. Held for two counts, evenly. It is held for 2 ḥaraka counts.

How often does Madd ṭabīʿī occur in the Qurʾān?

Madd ṭabīʿī occurs 43,651 times across the Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim text of the Qurʾān (quran-uthmani, Tanzil.net). The figure is derived mechanically from the Uthmani combining marks rather than counted by hand.