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Long vowel letters

  •  The long vowel letters are three () their main function is to stretch the sound of a letter with a short vowel.
  • Alif

 At the end of a word, the long vowel letter alif appears as a (ya) with no dots but a small curved line on top of it.

When the next letter of a fatha letter is long vowel letter alif then, the sound of fatha and alif is stretched by two measures of vowel fatha.

Examples from the Qur'an

The way its written at the end
 The way its written in the middle  The way its written at the beginning  The long vowel letter
 

 

 

  •  Yaa

     
    The vowel of the letter before the long vowel letter yaa is always kasra.

      Examples from the quran

     

    The way its written at the end
     The way its written in the middle  The way its written at the beginning  The long vowel letter

    • Wow

       The vowel of the letter before the long vowel letter wow is always damma

       Examples from the quran

      The way its written at the end
       The way its written in the middle  The way its written at the beginning  The long vowel lette