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[aliftafatwas]

Is Dammah, Fathah and Kasrah considered to be Bid`ah in the Qur'aan?

Is Dammah, Fathah and Kasrah considered to be Bid`ah in the Qur’aan?

Question: How many types of Bid‘ah (innovation in religion) are there? Is every Bid‘ah misguidance? If yes, are the diacritical marks used in the writing of the Qur’aan, such as Dammah (a small curl-like diacritic standing for the short vowel /u/), Fathah (a small diagonal line placed above a letter to stand for the short vowel /a/), Kasrah (a small diagonal line placed below a letter to stand…

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[aliendoodles]

The sticks and snails theory!

Basically that's what my friend called them.

As I mentioned before, the Arabic language does not have vowels, HOWEVER, the letters can indeed have sounds that are equivalent to the English vowels. They're just signs put on the letter that give the specific sound. There's 'dammah', 'fat-hah' and 'kasrah'.

The sounds they cause (depending on which is closer to your interpretation):

FAT-HAH = 'A' sound

Dammah = 'O/U' sound

Karah = 'I/E' sound

How do they look like?