Lesson 7

Allâhumma salli 'alâ Muhammadin wa âli Muhammad,
Allah, bless Muhammad and Muhammad's near and dear ones.
If we pray for blessings for our Prophet Muhammad (s) in this way,
we can be sure that this blessing connects him and us.
 
  • The Sâd is a voiceless s like the Sîn in lesson but emphatic (with pressure).
  • The Ta (with the two dots) is pronounced like an ordinary English t, the other Ta is emphatic. Again it is important to differentiate:
  • tîn, Fig und Tîn, earth, clay
  • Do you remember the un in lesson 5? It indicates that the word is indetermined and in the nominative case: Tûrun, a mountain. The in indicates that the case has changed, e.g. after a preposition:
  • 'alâ Tûrin, on a mountain.
You are certainly able to read the headlines of more Surahs than those given as examples in the past lessons. And maybe you can already recognize one or the other short verse, especially in the last part of the Qur'an.

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