
Rules of Nun Sakinah and Tanwin
4 in total
1– Izhar | 2– Idgham | 3– Iqlab | 4– Ikhfa |
Q: Nun Sakinah is a nun without harakah. Like in من or عن this should already be very familiar to you, but what about tanwin?
A: Tanwin is an extra nun sakinah added at the end of an arabic noun. It is pronounced like a nun, but not written like one. It is sometimes called, fathatayn, kasratayn, or dammatayn, and wirtten like:
(Izhar)
Q: What is Izhar?
A: Izhar linguistically means to make something clear, as a term it means to pronounce a letter from its makhraj without any nasal sound (ghunnah)
Q: How many letters of Izhar are there and what are they?
A: The Letters of Izhar are six, and they are:
1– Hamza ء | 2– Ha ه | 3- ‘Ayn ع | 4- Ha ح | 5– Ghayn غ | 6– Kha خ |
Izhar occurs when a nun appears in one word, and sometimes between two, it also occurs with tanwin, which can only happen between two words.
Examples of the Letters of Izhar
# | One word | Two words | Tanwin |
1– Hamza ء | يَنْـئَوْنَ | مَنْ ءَامَن | كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ |
2– Ha ه | ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ | مِنْ هَادٍ | جُرُفٍ هَارٍ |
3- ‘Ayn ع | أَنْعَمْتَ | مِنْ عِلْمٍ | حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ |
4- Ha ح | |||
5– Ghayn غ | |||
6– Kha خ |
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