Appendix B: Madd Duration Comparison Chart¶

Scope

"All 14 rāwīs" rows refer to the Shāṭibiyyah's fourteen. For the Durrah's three readers: Abū Jaʿfar and Yaʿqūb read muttaṣil 4 / munfaṣil 2, Khalaf al-ʿĀshir 4 / 4 — see readings 8–10.

All durations in ḥarakāt (counts). Shaded cells indicate the distinctive feature.

By Madd Type¶

المَدُّ المُتَّصِل (Muttaṣil — Connected)¶

Long vowel + hamzah in the same word.

Rāwī	Duration
Qālūn	4–5
Warsh	6
al-Bazzī	4
Qunbul	4
al-Dūrī (Abū ʿAmr)	4
al-Sūsī	4
Hishām	4–5
Ibn Dhakwān	4–5
Shuʿbah	4–5
Ḥafṣ	4–5
Khalaf	6
Khallād	6
Abū al-Ḥārith	4–5
al-Dūrī (Kisāʾī)	4–5

المَدُّ المُنْفَصِل (Munfaṣil — Detached)¶

Long vowel at end of word + hamzah at start of next.

Rāwī	Duration	Note
Qālūn	2 or 4	Qaṣr or tawassuṭ
Warsh	6	Ṭūl
al-Bazzī	2	Qaṣr only
Qunbul	2	Qaṣr only
al-Dūrī (Abū ʿAmr)	2 or 4	Qaṣr or tawassuṭ (bi-khulf)
al-Sūsī	2	Qaṣr only
Hishām	4–5
Ibn Dhakwān	4–5
Shuʿbah	4	Fixed
Ḥafṣ	4–5
Khalaf	6	Ṭūl
Khallād	6	Ṭūl
Abū al-Ḥārith	4–5
al-Dūrī (Kisāʾī)	4–5

المَدُّ العَارِض لِلسُّكُون (ʿĀriḍ — Due to Stopping)¶

All 14 rāwīs: 2, 4, or 6 ḥarakāt (three options).

مَدُّ العِوَض (ʿIwaḍ — Compensatory)¶

Stopping on a word ending with tanwīn fatḥah — the tanwīn is replaced by a long /aa/. All 14 rāwīs: 2 ḥarakāt (natural/qaṣr). Waqf only — does not apply in waṣl.

مَدُّ البَدَل (Badal — Substitution)¶

Hamzah originally preceded the long vowel and was replaced/transformed (e.g., آمَنَ). All 14 Shāṭibiyyah rāwīs: 2 ḥarakāt. Note: Warsh reads madd al-badal with three lengths — 2, 4, or 6 ḥarakāt (commonly 4); the other six reciters read it as natural madd (2 ḥarakāt).

المَدُّ اللَّازِم (Lāzim — Obligatory)¶

All 14 rāwīs: 6 ḥarakāt (no variation).

مَدُّ اللِّين (Līn — Soft)¶

All 14 rāwīs: 2, 4, or 6 ḥarakāt when stopping.

Visual Spectrum¶

Shortest ←————————————————————→ Longest

Munfaṣil:

2         3         4         5         6
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
Ibn Kathīr                              Warsh, Ḥamzah
Qālūn (option)                         
Abū ʿAmr (option)
                    Shuʿbah (fixed)
                    Ḥafṣ, Ibn ʿĀmir, Kisāʾī (range)

Muttaṣil:

2         3         4         5         6
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
          Ibn Kathīr                    Warsh, Ḥamzah
                    Everyone else