and tanween (Part 1)
first tidbit of this series (located in the tidbit archives) defined the
and tanween and introduced the four different possible rules for these
1. (making clear)
second tidbit (also located in the tidbit archives) described the first rule
pertaining to the
and tanween, that of the
, or making it clear.
We now move on to the second of the four possible rules, that of
, or merging of the
and tanween into the next following letter.
defined linguistically as merging or inserting.
applied tajweed definition is: The meeting of a non-voweled letter with a
voweled letter, so that the two letters become one emphasized letter of the
second [letter] kind.
the idghaam of
saakinah and tanween, the
a saakin (non-voweled) letter on the end of a word, and the first letter of
the next word is one of the letters that cause the
merge or insert into it. The
letters that cause this
merging are all the letters in the group:
This means if a
or tanween are at the end of a word, and the letter
the first letter of the next word, the
merges into this next letter.
are two subdivision of the
which is a complete
merging, also known as
is merging without any ghunnah (nasalization).
is an incomplete merging, also known as
, or idghaam with a
ghunnah (nasalization). .
complete merging of the
or tanween into the first letter of the next word, is done when the
or tanween are at the end of a word and are followed by a
the first letter of the next word. As
stated, this is also known as
, or idghaam
without a ghunnah, since the
merges in to the
there is no left over ghunnah from the
When there is this type of
not pronounced whatsoever, instead the reciter proceeds from the letter before
the vowel that is with the tanween, directly to the first letter of the next
word which will have a shaddah (the little
) on it because of the
of this are:
this aayah, there is a tanween dhammah on the letter
nothing to do with the rule for the tanween here), followed by a
the first letter of the next word. The
reciter should go directly from the dhammah on the
is the last letter on the first word to the
is the first letter of the next word. The
idghaam or merging of the
of the tanween is complete into the
becomes emphasized (doubled) as a result of this merging. This
doubling of the
represented by the shaddah mark, or little
same process takes place whether the
is actually a written
as the next following example, or an unwritten
the case of the tanween.
The next tidbit lesson will, insha' Allah, continue with the idghaam lesson.