We take a brief break from the lessons on
stopping on the end of a word to put forth the lesson on
, or stealing of a vowel, since it is
often compared with .
The applied tajweed definition of
is: It is snatching the vowel quickly so that a
little departs (of the vowel count) and more remains.
It is also called
(hiding) by scholars. The scholars
have determined that what remains of the vowel count is two-thirds, and
one-third has been removed, or stolen. There is only one place in the
Qur'an where Hafs 'an 'Aasim has the possibility of reading a vowel with :
that is when reading the word in aayah
11 of surah Yusef (surah 12) with one of the two allowed ways, one being
with and an ith-haar of the two
, the first with a dhammah (with
ikhtilaas of the vowel) and the second with a fat-h; recited as:
. The written shaddah over the letter
represents two letters, and Hafs 'an
'Aasim reads this word either with idghaam of the two
into each other with
of the two lips, or with
of both
with
of the dhammah on the first
.
Both and
share the characteristic of dividing
the vowel, meaning removal of part of it, and leaving the other part of it.
The following table summarizes the differences between
and
.
. 
(hiding) by scholars. The scholars
have determined that what remains of the vowel count is two-thirds, and
one-third has been removed, or stolen. There is only one place in the
Qur'an where Hafs 'an 'Aasim has the possibility of reading a vowel with 
in aayah
11 of surah Yusef (surah 12) with one of the two allowed ways, one being
with 
, the first with a dhammah (with
ikhtilaas of the vowel) and the second with a fat-h; recited as:
. The written shaddah over the letter
of the two lips, or with
of both
