A Study on the Claim that the Amounts of al-Madd al-Farʿī (Secondary Madd) Affect the Meanings of the Verses of the Qurʾān

Abstract

The issue of madd is one of the most fundamental issues in the science of qirāʾāt and is discussed extensively in the literature. In addition, in some of the recent studies conducted in Türkiye, it has been observed that the issue of secondary madd (al-madd al-farʿī) has been dealt with from the aspect of meaning in a different way from the discussions in the literature. In these studies, the amount of madds has been mentioned within the framework of the madd-meaning relationship and a claim has been made that the secondary madds based on lexical reasons deepen the meaning of the verses. In this paper, an attempt has been made to trace this argument in the qirāʾāt literature‎, and the views of contemporary scholars on the subject have been included. Additionally, in order to point out the existence of the madd-meaning relationship other than the al-madd al-farʿī, the prac-tice of exceptional al-madd al-ṣila, which is related to the meaning, was also touched upon. From this point of view, the main purpose of this study is to reveal the claim that "the farʿī madds affect the meaning of the verses" and to reveal the literature's counterpart of the exceptional al-madd al-ṣila practice of relationship with the meaning. As a result of the research, it has been seen that this claim about the secondary madds does not correspond to the information in the qirāʾāt‎‎ literature. In the case of the exceptional madd of hâ al-kināya, which is within the scope of the al-madd al-aṣlī/al-madd al-ṭabīī (natural madd), its effect on the meaning has been identified in the works of qirāʾāt, tajwīd, and some tafsīr; however, it has been concluded that the phonological justifications for this exceptional example contain inconsistencies within themselves. Likewise, it has been deter-mined that an eclectic method has been used effectively in the justifications for the view in regard-ing the secondary madds.