Table of Contents Lesson Description Lesson 01 The Arabic Alphabet Lesson 02 Introduction to Vowels Lesson 03 The First Short Vowel Lesson 04 The Second Short Vowel Lesson 05 The Third Short Vowel Lesson 06 The First Short Vowel Doubled Lesson 07 The Second Short Vowel Doubled Lesson 08 The Third Short Vowel Doubled Lesson 09 The First Long Vowel Lesson 10 The Second Long Vowel Lesson 11 The Third Long Vowel Lesson 12 Syllables and Doubled Letters Lesson 13 Joining Letters and Forming Words Lesson 14 Reading Practice 1 Lesson 15 Reading Practice 2 Lesson 16 Reading Practice 3 Lesson 17 Reading Practice 4 Lesson 18 Reading Practice 5 Lesson 19 Pronunciation of the Letters Lesson 20 Primary Qualities of the Letters Lesson 21 Secondary Qualities of the Letters

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Lesson 7: The Second Short Vowel Doubled

Lesson seven deals with the second of the three vowels; the fathha when it is doubled. A doubled fathha is known as a fathhatein. Click on the letters of the alphabet to hear what they sound like with this vowel.

When a letter such as 'raa' is given a fathhatein, it sounds like 'run', as in the word 'run' in English.

There is an important observation to make with the fathhatein; it is that when a letter is written with this vowel, it is always followed by the letter 'alif'. Each letter in the alphabet below will have the letter 'alif' after itself, and the fathhatein will be written atop this 'alif'. This is only for script purposes. When writing in Arabic, this is how a fathhatein is used.

In Arabic script, there are actually no vowels written. These symbols are to assist non-Arabs in reading the Qur'an. So when reading traditional Arabic books, these vowels will not be there and the reader will have to use his knowledge of Arabic grammar to figure out the vowelling. This 'alif' is a clue to the reader that the word has a fathhatein at its end.

Practice

Try to pronounce each combination of letters below. These words are not necessarily actual Arabic nouns.

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