Internal rhymes are the
strongest evidence that the Quran was composed in a language that lacked final
short vowels and nunation. Larcher, Marijn Van Putten and Phillip Stokes
discovered a few examples of such internal rhymes. So I checked the entirety of
the Quran for additional internal rhymes and was shocked to discover a huge
number of them. The number was so huge I stopped counting "less
impressive" examples. By less impressive I mean when the two words don't'
share an identical final consonant, such as:
﴿مَا يَلْفِظُ
مِنْ قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ ﴾ Q50:18
OH: raqīb
ʕatīd
CA:
raqībun ʕatīd
I also
didn't count examples where the two words share the same final consonant but
the preceding vowel in one word is "y" or "w" and in the
other it's "ī" or "ū". I have only included 3 examples of
this type such as:
﴿فَقَالَ رَبِّ
إِنِّي لِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ ﴾ Q28:24
OH: khayr
faqīr
CA:
khayrin faqīr
In the Quran it's clear that "w" rhymes with "ū" and "y" rhymes with "ī". As seen in the popular verse of آية الكرسي
ﵟٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأۡخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٞ وَلَا نَوۡمٞۚ ...ﵞ [البقرة: 255]
Each of the two words Al-qayyūm and nawm comes at a pausal position. It's clear an external rhyme is intended here.
Marijn Van Putten and Phillip Stokes pointed out the general rhyming scheme of verse final attributes of Allah that rhyme with each other. They listed 4 examples of this type such as ġafūr šakūr غفور شكور. In this blogpost I have listed all examples of this type. They include 32 unique examples, 284 with repetition.
In my old twitter account, I published some of the internal rhymes that I discovered. I have looked into the Quran several times more and discovered many more examples including special cases that should convince any skeptic. In these special examples, the Quran uses rare words for the sole propose of internaly rhyming with other words. The best example of this is:
Q80:42﴿ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ﴾ “Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones”
Old Hijazi pronunciation: hum ǝl-kafarah ǝl-fajarah
Classical Arabic pronunciation: humu l-kafaratu l-fajarah
The Quran always uses two words for “disbelievers”: kāfirūn/kāfirīn (used 126 times) and kuffār (used 19 times). This verse is the only time the Quran uses the word “kafarah” for “disbelievers”. The reason for this is for the word to internally rhyme with the next word: ǝl-fajarah (the wicked ones). Reading the verse in Classical Arabic ruins the rhyme between the two words and thus makes this unique choice for the word pointless:
humu l-kafaratu l-fajarah.
For other examples read this wikiislam article:
Internal Rhymes as Evidence for Old Hijazi - WikiIslam
You should also notice that in writing Old Hijazi, I use the schwa "ǝ" for breaking clusters of consonants. In many modern Arabic dialects, the vowel of the "al" article is pronounced as a weak quick vowel. This vowel also harmonizes with the preceding vowel especially when it's a "u" vowel as in:
lahum ul-bayt لهم البيت
I prefer to use "ǝ" over "a" because it makes the rhyming quality better when both of the two rhyming words begin with the "al" article as in:
al-ʕalīm ǝl-ḥakīm العليم الحكيم
There's is popular modern Arabic saying where an internal rhyme is intended between two words that both have the definite article:
al-khamīs ǝl-wanīs الخميس الونيس
This shows how definite articles don't ruin internal rhymes.
Another reason for me to use the schwa is to avoid the confusion
between the feminine pronoun "hā" and the masculine pronoun
"h". For example:
علمه البيان
ʕallamah
al-bayān (sounds identical to: ʕallamaha l-bayān علمها البيان)
ʕallamah ǝl-bayān
Classes of Old Hijazi internal rhymes
1- Individual instances. This includes 78 unique examples (96 with repetition) where the rhyming words share identical final consonants. As for examples where the rhyming words don't share identical final consonants, they were so many that only the strongest 17 unique instances were counted, however there are many more than this.
2- Verse-final attributes of Allah. The majority of internal rhymes in the Quran fall under this type. Of this type, there are 7 (50 with repetition) examples where the rhyming words share identical final consonants. As for examples where the rhyming words don't share identical final consonants, there are 25 unique ones, 234 counting repeated occurrences.
A list of Individual Instances of Old Hijazi Internal Rhymes in the Quran
A- Internal rhymes where the rhyming words share identical final consonants:
﴿وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ﴾ Q2:90, 58:5
Old Hijazi: wa lil-kāfirīn ʕadhāb muhīn.
Classical Arabic: wa lil-kāfirīna ʕadhābun muhīn.
﴿وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ﴾ Q2:95,246 , 9:47, 62:7
Old Hijazi: wal-lāh ʕalīm biḍh-ḍhālimīn.
Classical Arabic: wal-lāhu ʕalīmun biḍh-ḍhālimīn.
﴿وَمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ ۚ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّى...﴾ Q2:102
OH: harūt wa mārūt
CA: harūta wa mārūt
﴿إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تُسْأَلُ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ الْجَحِيمِ﴾ Q2:119, 35:24. Plus 3 other attestations where the second word isn’t in a pausal position.
OH: bashīrā wa nadhīrā
CA: bashīran wa nadhīrā
﴿وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ﴾ Q2:104 Q58:4
OH: wa lil-kāfirīn ʕadhāb alīm
CA: wa lil-kāfirīna ʕadhābun ʾalīm
﴿إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ الَّذِينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَرَأَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْأَسْبَابُ ﴾ Q2:166
OH: warāu l-ʕadhāb wa taqaṭṭaʕat bihum ǝl-asbāb
CA: waraʾawu l-ʕadhāba wa taqaṭṭaʕat bihimu l-asbāb
﴿وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَاءً وَنِدَاءًۚ صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ ﴾ Q2:171
OH: duʕāʾā wa nidāʾā
CA: duʕāʾan wa nidāʾā
﴿شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْفُرْقَانِۚ فَمَنْ شَهِدَ مِنْكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَۗ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ (١٨٥) وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ (١٨٦)﴾
Q2:185,186
OH: shahru ramaḍān ǝl-ladhi unzil fīh ǝl-qurān hudē lin-nās wabayyināt min ǝl-hudē wal-furqān (pause) faman shahid minkum ǝsh-shahr failyaṣumh (pause) waman kān marīḍā aw ʕalā safar faʕiddah min ayyām ukhar (pause) yurīd ǝllah bikum ǝl-yusr walā yurīd bikum ǝl-ʕusr walitukmilu l-ʕiddah walitukabbiru llāh ʕalā mā hadēkum wa laʕallakum tashkurūn (End of verse 185) waidhā saalak ʕibādī ʕannī fainnī qarīb ujīb daʕwata d-dāʕi idhā daʕān faliyastajībū lī waliyūminū bī laʕallahum yarshudūn.
CA: shahru ramaḍāna l-ladhī ʾunzila fīhi l-qurʾānu hudan lin-nāsi wabayyinātin mina l-hudā wa l-furqān (pause) faman shahida minkumu sh-shahra falyaṣumh (pause) waman kāna marīḍan ʾaw ʕalā safarin faʕiddatun min ʾayyāmin ukhar (pause) yurīdu llahu bikumu l-yusra walā yurīdu bikumu l-ʕusra walitukmilu l-ʕiddata walitukabbiru llāha ʕalā mā hadākum walaʕallakum tashkurūn (End of verse 185) waʾidhā saʾalaka ʕibādī ʕannī faʾinnī qarībun ʾujību daʕwata d-dāʕi ʾdhā daʕān (pause) falyastajībū lī walyūminū bī laʕallahum yarshudūn.
﴿وَزَادَهُ بَسْطَةً فِي الْعِلْمِ وَالْجِسْمِۖ وَاللَّهُ يُؤْتِي مُلْكَهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ﴾ Q2:247
OH: fil-ʕilm wal-jism.
CA: fil-ʕilmi wal-jism.
﴿وَمَنْ يُؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا ۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّا أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ﴾ Q2:269 the two words are also attested at the end of verse Q4:19
OH: khayrā kathīrā.
CA: khayran kathīrā.
﴿وَإِنْ كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَى مَيْسَرَةٍۚ وَأَنْ تَصَدَّقُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾ Q2:280
OH: ʕusurah fanaḍhirah ilā maysurah.
CA: ʕusratin fanaḍhiratun ʾilā maysarah.
ʕusrah and maysarah in the dialect of Hijaz are pronounced as ʕusurah and maysurah. (Muʕjam al-qirāʾāt, vol.1 p.407)
﴿تَوَدُّ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُ أَمَدًا بَعِيدًا ۗ وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللَّهُ نَفْسَهُ... ﴾ Q3:30
OH: amadā baʕīdā
CA: ʾamadan baʕīdā
﴿فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِالْمُفْسِدِينَ﴾ Q3:63
OH: ʕalīm bil-mufsidīn
CA: ʕalīmun bil-mufsidīn
﴿أُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ ﴾ Q3:91 16
OH: ʕadhāb alīm wamālahum min nāṣirīn
CA: ʕadhābun ʾalīmun wamālahum min nāṣirīn
﴿وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالْمُتَّقِينَ ﴾ Q3:115, 9:44
OH: ʕalīm bil-muttaqīn
CA: ʕalīmun bil-muttaqīn
﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا... ﴾ Q3:155
OH: yawm ǝltaqa l-jamʕān innama stazallahum ǝsh-shayṭān bibaʕḍi mā…
CA: yawma ltaqa l-jamʕāni ʾinnama stazallahumu sh-shayṭānu bibaʕḍi mā…
﴿الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَاءُ ۘ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُوا وَقَتْلَهُمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ...﴾ Q3:181
OH: wa naḥn aghniyāʾ (pause) sanaktub mā qālū wa qatlahum ǝl-anbiyāʾ bighayri ḥaqq.
CA: wa naḥnu ʾaghniyāʾ (pause) sanaktubu mā qālū wa qatlahumu l-ʾanbiyāʾa bighayri ḥaqq.
﴿فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيئًا مَرِيئًا﴾ Q4:4
OH: haniyyā mariyyā.
CA: hanīʾan marīʾā.
﴿أَنْ تَقُولُوا مَا جَاءَنَا مِنْ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍۖ فَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾ Q5:19
OH: min bashīr walā nadhīr (pause) faqad jākum bashīr wanadhīr (pause) wal-lāh ʕalā kulli shayy qadīr.
CA: min bashīrin walā nadhīr (pause) faqad jāʾakum bashīrun wanadhīr (pause) wal-lāhu ʕalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.
﴿وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ ۖ وَإِنْ يُهْلِكُونَ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ Q6:26
OH: yanhawn ʕanh wayanawn ʕanh.
CA: yanhawna ʕanhu wayanʾawna ʕanh.
﴿وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ ۖ فَمَنْ آمَنَ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ﴾ Q6:48 The two words also occur in three other positions, including one in a pausal position Q18:56
OH: mubashshirīn wa mundhirīn.
CA: mubashshirīna wa mundhirīn.
﴿وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِۚ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا...﴾ Q6:59 The two words also occur in 6 other positions including 2 in pausal positions Q6:97, 10:22
OH: fil-barr wal-baḥr.
CA: fil-barri wal-baḥr.
﴿لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ﴾ Q6:70 Q10:4
OH: min ḥamīm wa ʕadhāb alīm bimā…
CA: min ḥamīmin wa ʕadhābun ʾalīmun bimā…
﴿وَمَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِنَا يَوْمَ الْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾ Q8:41
OH: yawm ǝl-furqān yawm ǝltaqa l-jamʕān.
CA: yawma l-furqāni yawma ltaqa l-jamʕān.
﴿لَهُمْ فِيهَا نَعِيمٌ مُقِيمٌ ﴾ Q9:21
OH: naʕīm muqīm.
CA: naʕīmun muqīm.
﴿أَمْ مَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلَى شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ فَانْهَارَ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ...﴾ Q9:109
OH: hār fanhār …
CA: hārin fanhāra …
﴿أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا اللَّهَ إِنَّنِي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ﴾ Q11:2 The two words also occur in a context position in Q7:188
OH: nadhīr wa bashīr.
CA: nadhīrun wa bashīr.
﴿وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ آتَيْنَاهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ﴾ Q12:22 The two words also occur in three other verses including two in pausal positions Q21:79, 28:14.
OH: ḥukmā waʕilmā.
CA: ḥukman waʕilmā.
﴿إِنَّكَ الْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌ ﴾ Q12:22
OH: makīn amīn
CA: makīnun ʾamīn
﴿ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الْكُفَّارُ لِمَنْ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ﴾ Q13:42
OH: wasayaʕlam ǝl-kuffār liman ʕuqba d-dār
CA: wasayaʕlamu l-kuffāru liman ʕuqba d-dār
﴿خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُبِينٌ ﴾ Q16:4, 36:77
OH: khaṣīm mubīn
CA: khaṣīmun mubīn
﴿ وَمَنْ رَزَقْنَاهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًا ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوُونَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴾ Q16:75
OH: sirrā wajahrā
CA: sirran wajahrā
﴿وَيُبَشِّرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَبِيرًا﴾ Q17:9
OH: ajrā kabīrā
CA: ʾajran kabīrā
﴿وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا ﴾ Q17:105 The two words also occur in the end of 3 other verses Q25:56, 33:45, 48:8.
OH: mubashshirā wanadhīrā
CA: mubashshiran wanadhīrā
﴿هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًا ﴾ Q18:44
OH: hū khayr thawābā wakhayr ʕuqbā
CA: huwa khayrun thawāban wakhayrun ʕuqbā
﴿قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ صَابِرًا وَلَا أَعْصِي لَكَ أَمْرًا﴾ Q18:69
OH: ṣābirā...amrā
CA: ṣābiran...ʾamrā
﴿قَالُوا يَامَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا﴾ Q19:27
OH: shayyā fariyyā
CA: shayʾan fariyyā
﴿فَلَا يَخَافُ ظُلْمًا وَلَا هَضْمًا ﴾ Q20:112
OH: ḍhulmā walā haḍmā
CA: ḍhulman walā haḍmā
﴿إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا ۖ وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَ﴾ Q21:90
OH: raghabā warahabā
CA: raghaban warahabā
﴿وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ الَّذِي جَعَلْنَاهُ لِلنَّاسِ سَوَاءً الْعَاكِفُ فِيهِ وَالْبَادِۚ وَمَنْ يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍ بِظُلْمٍ نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴾ Q22:25
OH: fīh wal-bād (pause) wa man yurid fīh biilḥād biḍhulm…
CA: fīhi wal-bād (pause) wa man yurid fīhi biʾilḥādin biḍhulmin…
﴿لَا تَدْعُوا الْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًا وَاحِدًا وَادْعُوا ثُبُورًا كَثِيرًا﴾ Q25:14
OH: thubūrā kathīrā
CA: thubūran kathīrā
﴿وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ﴾ Q26:91
OH: wa burrizat ǝl-jaḥīm lil-ghāwīn
CA: wa burrizati l-jaḥīmu lil-ghāwīn
﴿قَالَ هَذَا مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّي لِيَبْلُوَنِي أَأَشْكُرُ أَمْ أَكْفُرُ ۖ وَمَنْ شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ ۖ ... ﴾ Q27:40
OH: aashkur am akfur
CA: ʾaʾashkuru ʾam ʾakfur
﴿وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ الْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ الْعَنْكَبُوتِۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴾ Q29:41
OH: wa inn awhan ǝl-buyūt labayt ǝl-ʕankabūt
CA: wa ʾinna ʾawhana l-buyūti labaytu l-ʕankabūt
﴿وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا وَلَّى مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَأَنَّ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ وَقْرًا ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ﴾ Q31:7
OH: wallē mustakbirā kaan lam yasmaʕhā kaan fī udhunayh waqrā
CA: wallā mustakbiran kaʾan lam yasmaʕhā kaʾanna fī ʾudhunayhi waqrā
﴿وَاقْصِدْ فِي مَشْيِكَ وَاغْضُضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنْكَرَ الْأَصْوَاتِ لَصَوْتُ الْحَمِيرِ ﴾ Q31:19
OH: waqṣid fī mashyik waghḍuḍ min ṣawtik
CA: waqṣid fī mashyika waghḍuḍ min ṣawtik
﴿وَكَانَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ قَدَرًا مَقْدُورًا﴾ Q33:38
OH: qadarā maqdūrā
CA: qadaran maqdūrā
﴿اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيرًا ﴾ Q33:41
OH: dhikrā kathīrā
CA: dhikran kathīrā
﴿أَمْ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ هَذَا الَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ ﴾ Q43:52 “mahīn” is the ending of a verse according to some readings so this instance might not be a case of internal rhyme.
OH: hū mahīn walā yakād yabīn
CA: huwa mahīnun walā yakādu yabīn
﴿خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ﴾ Q56:3
OH: khāfiḍah rāfiʕah
CA: khāfiḍatun rāfiʕah
﴿إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَامًا سَلَامًا﴾ Q56:26 Discovered by Van Putten
OH: illā qīlā salāmā salāmā
CA: illā qīlan salāman salāmā
﴿لَا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ ﴾ Q56:33
OH: lā maqṭūʕah walā mamnūʕah
CA: lā maqṭūʕatin walā mamnūʕah
﴿عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا﴾ Q56:37
OH: ʕurubā atrābā
CA: ʕuruban ʾatrābā
﴿وَأَنْزَلْنَا الْحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأْسٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ... ﴾ Q57:25
OH: wa anzalna l-ḥadīd fīh bās shadīd wa manāfiʕ…
CA: wa ʾanzalna l-ḥadīda fīhi baʾsun shadīdun wa manāfiʕu…
﴿وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنْكَرًا مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَزُورًا ۚ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ ﴾ Q58:2
OH: munkarā min al-qawl wa zūrā
CA: munkaran mina l-qawli wa zūrā
﴿قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ... ﴾ Q60:4
OH: uswah ḥasanah fi ibrāhīm wal-ladhīn maʕah idh qālū…
CA: ʾuswatun ḥasanatun fī ʾibrāhīma wal-ladhīna maʕahū ʾidh qālū…
﴿وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا ﴾ Q71:22
OH: makrā kubbārā
CA: makran kubbārā
﴿وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا ﴾ Q71:27
OH: fājirā kaffārā
CA: fājiran kaffārā
﴿إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا ﴾ Q73:5
OH: qawlā thaqīlā
CA: qawlan thaqīlā
﴿تَجِدُوهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا وَأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًا ۚ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللَّهَ... ﴾ Q73:20
OH: hū khayrā wa aʕḍham ajrā
CA: huwa khayran wa ʾaʕḍhamu ʾajrā
﴿إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ﴾ Q74:18
OH: innah fakkar waqaddar
CA: innahū fakkara waqaddar
﴿ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ﴾ Q74:23
OH: thumm adbar wastakbar
CA: thumma ʾadbara wastakbar
﴿إِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا ﴾ Q76:3
OH: immā shākirā wa immā kafūrā
CA: ʾimmā shākiran wa ʾimmā kafūrā
﴿وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَاسْجُدْ لَهُ وَسَبِّحْهُ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا﴾ Q76:26
OH: laylā ṭawīlā
CA: laylan ṭawīlā
﴿عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا﴾ Q77:6
OH: ʕudhrā aw nudhrā
CA: ʕudhran ʾaw nudhrā
﴿إِنَّهَا تَرْمِي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ﴾ Q77:32
OH: bisharar kal-qaṣar
CA: bishararin kal-qaṣar
In the canonical readings, the final word is read as “kal-qaṣr”. But a number of non-canonical readings read it as “kal-qaṣar” which makes it a perfect rhyming fit for the preceding word “bisharar”. The final word of the next verse is non-canonically read as ṣufur. (Muʕjam al-qirāʾāt, vol.10 p.248, 251)
﴿وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا ﴾ Q78:13
OH: sirājā wahhājā
CA: sirājan wahhājā
﴿إِنَّا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَالَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَابًا ﴾ Q78:40
OH: ʕadhābā qarībā
CA: ʕadhāban qarībā (This position is an end of a verse in the Baṣran and some Makkan readings. In the readings wher this position isn't an end of a verse, the two words are read as ʕadhāban qarīban)
﴿وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا ﴾ Q80:28
OH: waʕinabā waqaḍbā
CA: wa inaban waqaḍbā
﴿ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ﴾ Q80:42
OH: hum ǝl-kafarah ǝl-fajarah
CA: humu l-kafaratu l-fajarah
﴿عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ﴾ Q88:3
OH: ʕāmilah nāṣibah
CA: ʕāmilatun nāṣibah
﴿نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ ﴾ Q96:16 discovered by Larcher
OH: nāṣiyah kādhibah khāṭiyah
CA: nāṣiyatin kādhibatin khāṭiyah
﴿وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ ﴾ Q104:1
OH: humazah lumazah
CA: humazatin lumazah
﴿ وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ﴾ Q107:7
OH: wa yamnaʕūn ǝl-māʕūn
CA: wa yamnaʕūna l-māʕūn
﴿تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ﴾ Q111:1
OH: tabbat yadā abī lahab watab
CA: tabbat yadā ʾabī lahabin watab
﴿مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ﴾ Q114:4
OH: min sharri l-waswās ǝl-khannās
CA: min sharri l-waswāsi l-khannās
B- Internal rhymes where the rhyming words don't share identical final consonants.
Due to the large number of examples of this type, not all of them were counted. Here are some of the notable examples:
﴿وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَى لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴾ Q2:97 The two words also occur at 16:102 and 27:2
Old Hijazi: wa hudē wa bushrē lil-mūminīn
Classical Arabic: wa hudan wa bushrā lil-muʾminīn
﴿نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ﴾ Q7:184 The two words also occur at the end of 10 other verses such as 11:25, 22:49.
OH: nadhīr mubīn
CA: nadhīrun mubīn
﴿لَيَئُوسٌ كَفُورٌ﴾ Q11:9
OH: layaūs kafūr
CA: layaʾūsun kafūr
﴿إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ﴾ Q11:102
OH: alīm shadīd
CA: ʾalīmun shadīd
﴿لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ﴾ Q11:106
OH: zafīr wa shahīq
CA: zafīrun wa shahīq
﴿قَالَ اجْعَلْنِي عَلَى خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ إِنِّي حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴾ Q12:55
OH: ḥafīḍh ʕalīm
CA: ḥafīḍhun ʕalīm
﴿مَذْمُومًا مَدْحُورًا﴾ Q17:18
OH: madhmūmā madḥūrā
CA: madhmūman madḥūrā
﴿مَذْمُومًا مَخْذُولًا﴾ Q17:22
OH: madhmūmā makhdhūlā
CA: madhmūman makhdhūlā
﴿قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَيُصْبِحُنَّ نَادِمِينَ﴾ Q23:40
OH: ʕammā qalīl la yuṣbiḥunn nādimīn
CA: ʕammā qalīlin la yuṣbiḥunna nādimīn
﴿ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا ﴾ Q33:72
OH: ḍhalūmā jahūlā
CA: ḍhalūman jahūlā
﴿وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ وَمَشَارِبُ ۚ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ﴾ Q36:73
OH: manāfiʕ wamashārib
CA: manāfiʕu wamashārib
﴿وَإِنْ مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَيَئُوسٌ قَنُوطٌ ﴾ Q41:49
OH: fa yaūs qanūṭ
CA: fa yaʾūsun qanūṭ
﴿ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ ﴾ Q44:49
OH: ant ǝl-ʕazīz ǝl-karīm
CA: ʾanta l-ʕazīzu l-karīm
﴿مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ ﴾ Q50:18
OH: raqīb ʕatīd
CA: raqībun ʕatīd
﴿وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ ﴾ Q55:27
﴿ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ ﴾ Q55:78
OH: l-jalāl wal-ikram
CA: l-jalāli wal-ʾikram
﴿وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَهِيلًا﴾ Q73:14
OH: kathībā mahīlā
CA: kathīban mahīlā
Q89:19-22
﴿وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَمًّا (١٩) وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا (٢٠) كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا (٢١) وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا (٢٢) ﴾
OH: …aklā lammā…ḥubbā jammā…dakkā dakkā…ṣaffā ṣaffā
CA: …aklan lammā…ḥubban jammā…dakkan dakkā…ṣaffan ṣaffā
C- Some examples of Internal rhymes where the rhyming words don't share identical final long vowels.
﴿فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ ﴾ Q28:24
OH: khayr faqīr
CA: khayrin faqīr
﴿ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ﴾ Q22:5, 50:7
OH: zawj bahīj
CA: zawjin bahīj
﴿فِي سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ﴾ Q56:42
OH: samūm waḥamīm
CA: samūmin waḥamīm
A list of All Verse-Final Attributes of Allah that Form Old Hijazi Internal Rhymes
A- The two words share an identical final consonant.
ʕalīm ḥakīm عليم حكيم “Knower, Wise” (15 attestations, such as 9:15,28,60,97,106,110)
ʕalīmā ḥakīmā عليما حكيما (10 attestations, such as 4:11,17,24,92,104,111,170)
al-ʕalīm ǝl-ḥakīm العليم الحكيم “the Knower, the Wise” (4, such as: 12:83,100)
ḥakīm ʕalīm حكيم عليم “Wise, Knower” (5, such as 6:83,128,139)
al-ḥakīm ǝl-ʕalīm الحكيم العليم (43:84 , 51:30)
ghafūr shakūr غفور شكور “Forgiving, Appreciative” (35:30,34 , 42:23)
ʕalīm ḥalīm عليم حليم “Knower, Forbearing” (4:12, 22:59)
ʕalīmā ḥalīmā عليما حليما (33:51)
khabīr baṣīr خبير بصير “Aware, Seeing” (35:31, 42:27)
khabīrā baṣīrā خبيرا بصيرا(17:17,30,96)
ʕalīm ḥalīm عليم حليم “Knower, Forbearing” (4:12, 22:59)
ʕalīmā ḥalīmā عليما حليما (33:51)
qarīb mujīb قريب مجيب “Near, Responsive” (11:61)
ḥamīd majīd حميد مجيد “Owner of Praise, Owner of Glory” (11:73)
ghafūr raḥīm غفور رحيم “Forgiving, Merciful” (49 attestations, such as 2:173,182,192)
ghafūrā raḥīmā غفورا رحيما (15, such as 4:23,96,100,106)
al-ghafūr ǝr-raḥīm الغفور الرحيم “the Forgiving, the Merciful” (7, such as 42:5, 46:8)
ar-raḥīm ǝl-ghafūr الرحيم الغفور “the Merciful, the Forgiving” (34:2)
ʕazīz ḥakīm عزيز حكيم “Mighty, Wise” (13, such as 8:10,49,63)
ʕazīzā ḥakīmā عزيزا حكيما (5, such as 4:56,158,165)
al-ʕazīz ǝl-ḥakīm العزيز الحكيم (29 instances, such as 3:6,18,62)
samīʕ ʕalīm سميع عليم “Hearer, Knower “(16, such as 8:17,42,53)
as-samīʕ ǝl-ʕalīm السميع العليم (15, such as 2:127,137)
al-ʕazīz ǝr-raḥīm العزيز الرحيم "the Mighty, the Merciful” (13, such as 26:9,68,104)
raūf raḥīm رؤوف رحيم “Kind, Merciful” (9, such as 16:7,47)
ghafūr ḥalīm غفور حليم “Forgiving, Forbearing” (4, such as 5:101)
ḥalīmā ghafūrā حليما غفورا “Forbearing, Forgiving” (17:44, 35:41)
ʕalīm khabīr عليم خبير “Knower, Aware” (31:34, 49:13)
ʕalīma khabīrā عليما خبيرا (4:35)
al-ʕalīm ǝl-khabīr العليم الخبير (66:3)
ḥakīm khabīr حكيم خبير “Wise, Aware” (11:1)
al-ḥakīm ǝl-khabīr الحكيم الخبير (6:18, 6:73, 34:1)
laṭīf khabīr لطيف خبير “Subtle, Aware” (22:63, 31:16)
laṭīfā khabīrā لطيفا خبيرا (33:34)
al-laṭīf ǝl-khabīr اللطيف الخبير (6:103, 67:14)
al- azīz ǝl-ʕalīm العزيز العليم “the Mighty, the Knower” (6, such as 6:96, 27:78)
al-ʕazīz ǝl-ḥamīd العزيز الحميد “the Mighty, the Owner of Praise”(14:1, 34:6, 85:8)
samīʕ baṣīr سميع بصير “Hearer, Seer” (4, such as 22:61)
samīʕā baṣīrā سميعا بصيرا (3, such as 4:58)
as-samīʕ ǝl-baṣīr السميع البصير (4, such as 40:20)
ʕalīm qadīr عليم قدير “Knower, Powerful” (16:70, 42:50)
ʕalīmā qadīrā عليما قديرا (35:44)
al-ʕalīm ǝl-qadīr العليم القدير (30:54)
ʕazīz ghafūr عزيز غفور “Mighty, Forgiving” (35:28)
al- azīz ǝl-ghafūr العزيز الغفور (67:2)
raḥīm wadūd رحيم ودود “Merciful, Loving” (11:90)
ḥakīm ḥamīd حكيم حميد “Wise, Owner of Praise” (41:42)
shakūr ḥalīm شكور حليم “Appreciative, Forbearing” (64:17)
al-ghafūr ǝl-wadūd الغفور الودود “the Forgiving, the Loving” (85:14)
samīʕ qarīb سميع قريب “Hearer, Near” (34:50)
Examples of Old Hijazi Internal Rhymes in Hadith
Note: Due to the vast size of the Hadith corpus it wasn’t possible to scan the entirety of it for internal rhymes the same way the wikiislam team did with the Quran. Since that prayers tend to be poetic, we looked into Hadith collections of prayers and found most of the following internal rhymes.
The first internal rhyme is from the seven aḥruf Hadith listed in a huge number of Hadith sources. The two rhyming words in this Hadith always come at a possible pausal position and sometimes at the end of the Hadith, such as:
«نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ كُلٌّ شَافٍ كَافٍ»
Old Hijazi: shāf kāf
Classical Arabic: shāfin kāf, or shāfin kāfī
The second example is from a popular prayer that Muslims say after hearing the call of prayer:
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يَسْمَعُ النِّدَاءَ: اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، وَالصَّلَاةِ القَائِمَةِ آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الوَسِيلَةَ وَالفَضِيلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ، حَلَّتْ لَهُ شَفَاعَتِي يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ "
Old Hijazi: al-wasīlah wal-faḍīlah
Classical Arabic: al-wasīlata wal-faḍīlah
أَنَّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَدْعُو فِي الصَّلَاةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَ الْمَغْرَمِ.
Old Hijazi: al-mātham wal-maghram
Classical Arabic: al-maʾthami wal-maghram
قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَدْعُو " اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشِّقَاقِ وَالنِّفَاقِ وَسُوءِ الأَخْلاَقِ " .
OH: min ǝl-shiqāq wal-nifāq wa suww ǝl-akhlāq
CA: mina l-shiqāqi wal-nifāqi wa sūʾi l-ʾakhlāq
إِذَا دَخَلَ النُّورُ الْقَلْبَ انْفَسَحَ وَانْشَرَحَ.
OH: ǝnfasaḥ wa-nsharaḥ
CA: infasaḥa wa-nsharaḥ
((لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ فِي يَدَيْكَ، وَالشَّرُّ لَيْسَ إِلَيْكَ، أَنَا بِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ، تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ...اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَفْتُ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ)).
This is a prayer that contains many internal rhymes:
OH: labbayk wa saʕdayk (pause) tabārakt wa taʕālayt (pause)… mā qaddamt wa mā akhkhart (pause) wa mā asrart wa mā aʕlant (pause) wa mā asraft (pause)
CA: labbayka wa saʕdayk (pause) tabārakta wa taʕālayt (pause)… mā qaddamtu wa mā ʾakhkhart (pause) wa mā ʾasrartu wa mā ʾaʕlant (pause) wa mā ʾasraft (pause)
اللَّهمَّ إنِّي أسألُكَ مِنَ الخيرِ كلِّهِ عاجلِهِ وآجلِهِ ، ما عَلِمْتُ منهُ وما لم أعلَمْ ، وأعوذُ بِكَ منَ الشَّرِّ كلِّهِ عاجلِهِ وآجلِهِ ، ما عَلِمْتُ منهُ وما لم أعلَمْ.
OH: ʕājilih wa ājilih
CA: ʕājilihī wa ʾājilih
أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ذَهَبَ أَهْلُ الدُّثُورِ بِالْأُجُورِ، يُصَلُّونَ كَمَا نُصَلِّي، وَيَصُومُونَ كَمَا نَصُومُ، وَيَتَصَدَّقُونَ بِفُضُولِ أَمْوَالِهِمْ.
OH: ahlu d-duthūr bil-ujūr
CA: ʾahlu d-duthūri bil-ʾujūr
اللَّهُمَّ هَبْ لِي قَلْبًا تَقِيًّا نَقِيًّا مِنَ الشَّرِّ بَرِيئا لَا كَافِرًا وَلَا شَقِيًّا.
OH: qalbā taqiyyā naqiyyā (pause) min ǝl-sharr bariyyā (pause) lā kāfirā wa lā shaqiyyā.
CA: qalban taqiyyan naqiyyā (pause) mina l-sharri barīʾā (pause) lā kāfiran wa lā shaqiyyā.
Note how the word “bariyyā” only rhymes without the hamzah.
«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَدْمِ وَالتَّرَدِّي وَالْهَرَمِ وَالْغَرَقِ وَالْحَرَقِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ إِنْ يَتَخَبَّطَنِي الشَّيْطَانُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَنْ أُقْتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ مُدْبِرًا أَوْ أَمُوتَ لَدِيغًا»
OH: wal-gharaq wal-ḥaraq
CA: wal-gharaqi wal-ḥaraq
«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا»
OH: wa ʕamalā mutaqabbalā
CA: wa ʕamalan mutaqabbalā
" جَاهِدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ؛ فَإِنَّ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ بَابٌ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ يُنَجِّي اللهُ بِهِ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْغَمِّ "
OH: min ǝl-hamm wal-ghamm
CA: mina l-hammi wal-ghamm
]" اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْقِلَّةِ وَالذِّلَّةِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ "
OH: wal-qillah wal-dhillah
CA: wal-qillati wal-dhillah
OH: allāhumm qinī ʕadhābak yawm tabʕath ʕibādak
CA: allāhumma qinī ʕadhābaka yawma tabʕathu ʕibādak
OH: min ǝl-kufr wal-faqr (pause)… min ʕadhāb ǝl-qabr (pause)
CA: mina l-kufri wal-faqr (pause)… min ʕadhābi l-qabr (pause)
"سبحانك اللهم! وبحمدك، وتبارك اسمك، وتعالى جدك، ولا إله غيرك"، ثم يقول: "لا إله إلا الله" ثلاثًا، ثم يقول:
"الله أكبر كبيرًا" -ثلاثًا- أعوذ بالله السميع العليم من الشيطان الرجيم؛ من همزه ونفخه ونفثه" ثم يقرأ.
OH: min hamzih wa nafkhih wa nafthih
CA: min hamzihī wa nafkhihī wa nafthih