Skip to content

Lesson 16 of 20

Noon Sakinah and Tanween

Apply izhar, idgham, iqlab and ikhfa to a silent noon and to tanween.

  • The letter that follows decides which of the four rules applies.
  • Tanween behaves here exactly like a silent noon.
  • نْ n (sākin) no vowel
  • ـً ـٍ ـٌ tanwīn same rules
  • إِظْهَار iẓhār sounded clearly
  • ء ه ع ح غ خ hamza hāʾ ʿayn ḥāʾ ghayn khāʾ throat letters
  • إِدْغَام idghām merged in
  • ي ر م ل و ن yarmalūn six letters
  • ي ن م و yanmū with ghunna
  • ل ر lām rāʾ no ghunna
  • إِقْلَاب iqlāb turned mīm
  • ب bāʾ one letter
  • إِخْفَاء ikhfāʾ hidden, nasal
  • ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ف ق ك tāʾ thāʾ jīm dāl dhāl zāy sīn shīn ṣād ḍād ṭāʾ ẓāʾ fāʾ qāf kāf the remaining fifteen