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0:00this is Lesson 12 of Maharaj and sufed
0:04series
0:06in this lesson we'll tackle the letters
0:08scene sword and Zay which may be
0:13considered by many Learners as
0:15relatively Easy Sounds because of their
0:18resemblance to sounds found in many
0:21languages around the world
0:23these three letters are called in Arabic
0:26harufu as Safir
0:29which means whistling sounds because of
0:32the technique required to produce them
0:34which resembles whistling
0:37in all three of these sounds we'll be
0:40using the tip of the tongue
0:43so let's get started with scene to see
0:45what the proper technique looks like
0:49to produce scene
0:51the tip of the tongue touches the lower
0:54front teeth and to understand exactly
0:57which spot the tongue should be touching
0:59let us have a look at this chart
1:02this is the lower front teeth from the
1:05inside
1:06your tongue should be in the lower
1:09middle area
1:10and in general it should be between the
1:13top and the root of the lower front
1:16teeth
1:17so this is where your tongue should be
1:19touching so this placement of the tongue
1:22creates a small opening which enables
1:26air to pass from above the tongue and
1:29through the front teeth
1:31this passage of air through this tight
1:33area creates that whistling sound
1:38and as the name suggests whistling
1:40requires that you find that sweet spot
1:43that enables air to escape while
1:46producing the sound so that it is not
1:48too tight or too wide which will prevent
1:51whistling to happen or to be a clear
1:54whistle
1:55another important thing to pay attention
1:57to is the middle part and the back of
2:01the tongue notice how the middle part is
2:04raised and how the back of the tongue is
2:07lowered
2:09this is what creates the empty mouth
2:12sound or what makes scene a light letter
2:17s
2:19s
2:21s
2:25s
2:29[Music]
2:33C
2:37now next letter is Zay
2:42which is exactly the same letter as seen
2:45in every aspect
2:47so it's the same point of articulation
2:49the tip of the tongue is touching the
2:52back of the lower front teeth and the
2:54shape of the tongue is also exactly the
2:56same as seen
2:58but the only difference is actually the
3:00fact that Zay is a voiced sound which
3:05means that in producing this sound we
3:07vibrate the vocal cords
3:10so scene is a voiceless sound so we
3:13don't vibrate the vocal cords when
3:15pronouncing it but we do that with Zay
3:19we elaborated much more on the
3:21difference between voiced and voiceless
3:23sounds in the previous lesson so check
3:26it out if you feel we need more
3:27explanation on that point
3:30so we say
3:31as
3:34as
3:42I
3:46so scene and Zay are essentially the
3:49same letter except for the fact that one
3:51is voiceless the scene and the other one
3:54is voiced which is Zay
3:57finally moving on to sod and Saad again
4:02is the same letter as scene except for
4:06the fact that sod is the heavy version
4:09of scene in other words if you pronounce
4:13scene as a heavy letter you will get
4:16swad
4:18and so the tip of the tongue is at the
4:21exact same spot but this time the shape
4:24of the rest of the tongue is different
4:27the middle part as you can see is
4:29lowered while the back of the tongue is
4:32raised creating some kind of a concave
4:35which makes the sound full mouth or the
4:39sod a heavy letter
4:41this means that the proper execution of
4:44sod really depends on the shape of the
4:47back of the tongue and if that is
4:49Disturbed or you didn't raise the back
4:52of the tongue properly you will
4:54mispronounce sod as seen
4:58us
5:00as
5:02as
5:05cyber
5:07science
5:10[Music]
5:12so we can safely say that scene sword
5:16and Zay are essentially the exact same
5:19letter with one small variation in each
5:22of these three letters in all three the
5:25tip of the tongue is touching the back
5:27of the lower front teeth leaving a gap
5:30for air to pass from above the tongue
5:33and through the front teeth scene is
5:36voiceless while Zay is voiced
5:38scene is light while sod is heavy
5:43and though these letters might sound
5:45easier to produce there are some common
5:49mistakes related to them the first
5:52Common mistake is involving lip movement
5:55when pronouncing sod or Zay
6:00some Learners involve the lips when
6:02producing sod or Zay in an attempt to
6:07make producing these sounds clearer or
6:10easier this is done by either rounding
6:14and pursing the lips or using the lower
6:17lip producing the letter that sounds
6:20like this
6:26Aziz
6:30but this is in fact a mistake which
6:32changes how the letter sounds and
6:36therefore it should not be done
6:41Aziz
6:43so there is no lip movement at all
6:47the second mistake is producing a weak
6:51whistling sound
6:53this happens when the tongue is not
6:55placed at the right spot by either
6:58pressing the tongue too much add the
7:01articulation point or if the tongue is
7:04not nearly touching the lower front
7:06teeth
7:07which will produce a sound of whistling
7:09that is not nearly enough
7:13s
7:15us
7:17as
7:23a
7:28so the technique here is not correct
7:30because the whistling sound didn't show
7:33properly
7:34foreign
7:43third
7:44when seen is in proximity of heavy
7:47letters it might be pronounced as swad
7:51if you're not paying attention like in
7:53this word for example
7:58here scene was mispronounced as sat
8:01because it was affected by the cough and
8:04the Paw which are both heavy letters and
8:07it should be pronounced like this
8:12and the same thing could be said about
8:15sod if it is in close proximity to light
8:18letters and it might be mistakenly
8:20pronounced as seen especially when it is
8:23in a position of kesser so it has kesra
8:27like in this example
8:30Nasi
8:33nasib
8:36so that is of course not enough raising
8:39of the back of the tongue producing a
8:41scene like sound and it should sound
8:44like this
8:47now sleep
8:50so practicing these three letters
8:53together is quite important to
8:55understand the differences between them
8:57and also to avoid mispronouncing them or
9:00mixing them up together
9:03thanks for watching if you want to start
9:05your journey to learn the tajweed of the
9:07Quran you can click on this link
9:10and if you want to understand the Quran
9:12in Arabic then you should click on that
9:15link
9:16and finally I hope you've learned
9:18something new today and I will see you
9:21next time