Question
Selamun Aleikum,
In surah of Baqara, Ayat 15, begin with (Allah-u yestehziu)...
In yestehzi_u there is ya-i saqineh after za, before of ya-i sakineh there is kesrah (za), after that hemzah...
About Qiraat-i Hafs it must be medd-i muttasil. Why za isn't medd?
Answer
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh
In the phrase

, the word

has a hamzah which uses the letter

as a chair, meaning it is written on the

, but the letter

is not pronounced, instead only there for the hamzah to sit on. The

therefore is not saakinah, it is not pronounced at all. This is why there is not medd here, as there is no

saakinah. Instead the

is just used as a placeholder for the hamzah.
Wa assalaam