The Double Vowel-Marks:

• The double vowel-marks signs are an extension of the single vowel-marks. The double vowel signs add the ‘-n’ sound to the single vowel. Please see the letters below. The /Dāl/ has been used to enable us to see the position of the double vowel sign which is called /tanwīn/.  /Tanwīn/ refers to the double form of any vowel, the specific name of the double vowel sign e.g.: double /Fatħah/ (Fatħatān) is also given below as this is unique for each vowel. Click on the letters with the vowel-marks to hear the pronunciation.

• In the following 3 lessons, we will learn the doubled forms of the three vowel-marks, In-Shā’-Allâh (God-Willing). These differ in pronunciation from the normal vowel-marks in that there is an added ‘-n’ sound e.g. whilst the /Fatħah/ makes the ‘a’ sound, the Fatħatain makes the ‘an’ sound.

• In this lesson we will cover the /Fatħatain/ which makes the ‘an’ sound In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing). The /Fatħatain/ is written as two /Fatħah’s/ above the letter. Please click on the letters to hear how they will sound with the /Fatħatain/.

• Unlike the /Kasratain/ and the /Ðammatain/, the /Fatħatain/ has to be followed by Alif in the Arabic writing. Therefore we connect an /Alif/ after each of the letters below when it is signed with /Fatħatain/, as in the following table:

Click on Letters to hear pronunciation