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1. Rules of Noon Saakin (ู†ู’) & Tanween (ู‹ ู ูŒ)

Izhar (Clear)

Pronounce Noon clearly without Ghunnah.

ุก ู‡ู€ ุน ุญ ุบ ุฎ
Idgham (Merging)

Merge Noon into following letter.

ูŠ ุฑ ู… ู„ ูˆ ู† (ูŠุฑู…ู„ูˆู†)
Iqlab (Convert to Meem)

Turn Noon into a soft Meem with Ghunnah.

ุจ (ู…ู€ู)
Ikhfa (Hiding)

Hide Noon with 2-count nasal Ghunnah.

ุช ุซ ุฌ ุฏ ุฐ ุฒ ุณ ุด ุต ุถ ุท ุธ ู ู‚ ูƒ

2. Rules of Meem Saakin (ู…ู’)

  • Ikhfa Shafawi (ุจ): Hide Meem with Ghunnah (e.g., ุชูŽุฑู’ู…ููŠู‡ูู… ุจูุญูุฌูŽุงุฑูŽุฉู).
  • Idgham Shafawi (ู…): Merge into second Meem (e.g., ู„ูŽู‡ูู… ู…ูŽู‘ุง).
  • Izhar Shafawi (All 26 other letters): Clear pronunciation.

3. The 5 Qalqalah Letters (ู‚ูุทู’ุจู ุฌูŽุฏูู‘)

Echo/bouncing sound when letters have Sukoon (ู’): ู‚ - ุท - ุจ - ุฌ - ุฏ
  • โ€ข Minor (Sughra): In the middle of a word (e.g., ูŠูŽุทู’ู…ูŽุนู).
  • โ€ข Major (Kubra): At the end of an Ayah when stopping (e.g., ุงู„ููŽู„ูŽู‚ู’).
  • โ€ข Strongest (Akbar): Stopped letter with Shaddah (e.g., ูˆูŽุชูŽุจูŽู‘).

4. Madd Elongation Rules (ุญูุฑููˆูู ุงู„ู…ูŽุฏู‘: ุง - ูˆ - ูŠ)

Natural Madd (Madd Asli)Held for 2 Harakaat (beats). (e.g., ู‚ูŽุงู„ูŽ - ูŠูŽู‚ููˆู„ู - ู‚ููŠู„ูŽ)
Madd Wajib Muttasil (Connected)Madd followed by Hamzah in same word. Held for 4โ€“5 Harakaat.
Madd Lazim (Compulsory 6 Counts)Madd followed by Sukoon/Shaddah. Always held for 6 full Harakaat.

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