Ismail Londt – Nabr Tidbits Introduction

			The word nabr
		

			is used in reference to
accentuation,
		

			how we consciously, sometimes in
English, subconsciously emphasize
		

			specific syllables in words to
maintain a level of eloquence or
		

			to express a particular meaning
with that word as a shift in the
		

			emphasis of syllables may change
meanings. In this series,
		

			Inshallah, we'll be looking at
three aspects of nabr
		

			in the Quran, those pertaining to
specific instructions commands in
		

			the Quran, and those pertaining to
stopping on letters with shad
		

			for eloquence and to maintain
meaning. And then lastly, phrases
		

			of combinations of words where
emphasis is required so as to
		

			highlight the one word from the
other. For the English speaking
		

			reciter,
		

			an idea of nabr in the English
language that we do, or that we
		

			naturally do, consider the word
		

			photograph.
		

			Photograph
		

			three syllables, and naturally we
slightly emphasize the first one
		

			photograph that is number and the
first, if you were to add the
		

			letters er to this word, how would
you emphasis change? It would be
		

			photographer. Photographer, not
only do some of the vowel sounds
		

			shift or change, but we are also
emphasizing the second syllable in
		

			this word now. Photographer, and
if you were to replace the ER with
		

			an ice IC, how would that then be
expressed, photographic,
		

			photographic emphasizing the third
syllable. In this particular case,
		

			your number shifted, your
accentuation changed, your
		

			emphasis on the syllables changed
		

			and it would it would be
		

			rough or strange to the English
speaking ear, if someone were to
		

			emphasize
		

			differently incorrectly, you at
least would consider it incorrect.
		

			So the same would be found at
times in the Arabic language. If
		

			we were to look at a beautiful
example of a meaning shift when
		

			the emphasis or accentuation
changes, consider the word object,
		

			object. We naturally emphasize the
first syllable when we use this
		

			word in the reference to an
entity, an item, something, an
		

			object. However, if I emphasized
and placed my number on the second
		

			syllable and I say object, this
now becomes a verb. This is what
		

			you do when you oppose an idea or
a statement. You object, object,
		

			listen to the first one object and
the second one object object, it's
		

			a shift that brings about a
different meaning, and if done so
		

			unconsciously, will affect the
overall meaning of the context in
		

			which the word appears. Likewise
in the Quran, there are times when
		

			we emphasize particular or we are
encouraged to emphasize particular
		

			syllables to maintain a level of
		

			eloquence, and there are other
times when we are encouraged and
		

			guided by specialized teachers to
emphasize particular syllables to
		

			maintain a particular and intended
meaning in the word, as opposed to
		

			a different meaning, which some
would would be causing by
		

			incorrect emphasis without even
realizing it. And it's not
		

			something to panic about,
something to worry about,
		

			something that you just need to be
conscious of. And those with an
		

			Arabic background would be able to
guide best they firstly, need to
		

			realize it themselves. But here
within sha Allah, over the next
		

			few months, we'll be addressing
some basic
		

			places where commands are found in
the Quran and they need to be
		

			expressed in a particular manner.
And then also stopping on
		

			particular types of words, a
letters with shadda How they are
		

			to be expressed for eloquence and
to maintain meaning. And then
		

			lastly, the third in the series
inshallah ahead would be to
		

			address compounds of words and how
to address them and emphasize
		

			correctly, so that the words may
be distinct from each other. May
		

			Allah Abu.
		

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what you think in the comments
		

			you.