Noon Saakin and Tanween
A noon saakin ( 
) and tanween are considered the same because the sound of a tanween sounds just like a noon saakin. Because of this similarity, the two take the same rules
Example
| Tanween (Nunnation) |
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Example | |||||||
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an | أَنْ | an | بً | ban | ﺑَﻦْ | ban | ||
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un | أُنْ | un | بٌ | bun | ﺑُﻦْ | bun | ||
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in | إِنْ |
in | بٍ | bin | ﺑِﻦْ | bin | ||
Ith’haar
To pronounce the letters from their makhraj, clearly and distinctly,without any changes
- Presence of or tanween
- followed by any letter of the throat
ء ه ح خ ع غ - or tanween is pronounced clearly, there is no ghunnah
Examples
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| Letter | Extract from Verse | Surah : Verse | |
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(108:2) | |
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(79:40) | |
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(79:33) | |
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(7:43) | |
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(80:18) | |
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(80:10) | |
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TANWEEN |
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| Letter | Extract from Verse | Surah : Verse | |
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(101:11) | |
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(99:7) | |
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(102:8) | |
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(95:6) | |
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(113:3) | |
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(97:5) | |
Idghaam
The 6 letters of Idghaam are collected in the following word :
ي ر م ل و ن) ﻳَﺮْﻣَﻠُﻮْن)
Two types of Idghaam :
- Without ghunnah
- With ghunnah
Idghaam without ghunnah
It is called the complete idghaam and its determining letters are 
and 
- Presence of or tanween
- followed byOr
- Or gets a shaddah
- ghunnah is not pronounced
- (this means a complete assimilation where no trace of the
sound is left)
Examples
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| Extract from Verse | Surah : Verse | Extract from Verse | Surah: Verse | |
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(112:4) |
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(96:15) |
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(96:7) |
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(83:15) |
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TANWEEN |
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| Extract from Verse | Surah : Verse | Extract from Verse | Surah: Verse | |
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(79:26) |
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(104:1) |
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(101:7) |
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(81:25) |
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Idghaam with ghunnah
It is called the incomplete idghaam, and its four determining letters are collected in the word
ي
م و ن) ﻳَﻣُﻮْن)
- Presence of or tanween
- followed by any of the following : ي م و ن
- ghunnah is pronounced, 2 counts
- (this means that some of the sound will be heard as it is incomplete blending or assimilation)
Examples
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| Letter | Extract from Verse | Surah : Verse | Extract from Verse | Surah: Verse |
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(99:7) |
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(90:5) |
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(13:11) |
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(13:34) |
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(111:5) |  |
(86:6) |
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(92:19) |  |
(14:11) |
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TANWEEN |
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| Letter | Extract from Verse | Surah : Verse | Extract from Verse | Surah: Verse |
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(89:23) |
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(78:40) |
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(111:1) |
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(106:4) |
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(111:5) |
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(105:4) |
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(14:44) |
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(2:58) |
NOTE
The rule of idghaam will be applied on a provided it is the last letter of the word.If it appears in the middle of a word, then there will be no idghaam
There are only 4 such words in the entire Qur’an to which this rule applies
| Letter | Extract from Verse | Surah : Verse | Extract from Verse | Surah: Verse |
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(61:4) |
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(30:7) |
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(6:99) |
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(13:4) |
NB : Tanween cannot appear in the middle of a word
Iqlaab
The changing of a sound from its original makhraj, in this case changing the or tanween into a
- Presence of or tanween
- followed by
which is vowelled - Turn the into a sound
- ghunnah is pronounced, 2 counts
| Extract from Verse | Surah : Verse | |
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(98:4) | |
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(104:4) |
Ikhfaa
The concealment of the sound
- Presence of or tanween
- followed by any of the 15 remaining letters of the alphabet
- These are
- ghunnah is pronounced, 2 counts
(this ghunnah is slight, not too deep, unlike the idghaam and
or
)
Method for pronouncing Ikhfaa
When an ikhfaa occurs, the makhraj of the or tanween is ignored and instead it is pronounced at or near the makhraj of the letter of ikhfaa. Therefore, the reader should make his tongue distant from the makhraj of the and close to the makhraj of the letter of ikhfaa during ghunnah, ready to pronounce the letter of Ikhfaa.
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TANWEEN |
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| Extract from Verse | Surah : Verse | Extract from Verse | Surah: Verse | |
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(78:40) |
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(92:14) |
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(101:6) |
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(78:14) |
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(80:2) |
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(89:20) |
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(91:10) |
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(89:21) |
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(78:40) |
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(90:14) |
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(78:14) |
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(18:74) |
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(79:35) |
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(18:22) |
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(78:39) |
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(78:12) |
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(94:7) |
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(89:22) |
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(88:6) |
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(30:54) |
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(79:37) |
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(34:15) |
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(78:40) |
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(4:57) |
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(78:18) |
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(90:14) |
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(94:3) |
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(78:40) |
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(81:28) |
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(79:12) |
NOTE
ghunnah can be pronounced as thick or thin depending on whether a thick or thin letter follows.
or
tanween followed by thick letter = thick ghunnah
or
tanween followed by thin letter = thin ghunnah
To pronounce the ghunnah thick, the mouth should be positioned as a dome shape, and then ready to pronounce the thick letter
Example
| Letter | Type | Extract from Verse | Surah : Verse |
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Tafkheem (thick) |
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(107:5) |
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Tafkheem (thick) |
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(98:3) |
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Tarqeeq (thin) |
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(2:9) |
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Tarqeeq (thin) |
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(2:10) |
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