Question

Assalamualikum !
Some student of tajweed asked a question on 3-01-02, about tafkheem/tarqeeq on letter Ra in the last ayah of surat ul Alif-Lam-Meem Sajdah. Your explanation suggested that since the letter Ra is sakinah, and the letter preceding Ra bears a kasrah, this Ra should be pronounced with tarqeeq. So far so good. My confusion comes from the example you gave, i.e., word . In the word , the letter that follows sakinah Ra is a mutbaqah letter (Saad). Would this have any bearing on the rule of tajweed at hand, and the Ra should be pronounced with Tafkheem? Please explain.

May Allah reward you for teaching us.

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.

Yes, indeed, the  saakinah preceded by a kasrah and followed by a letter of tafkheem (which all letters of itbaaq are) has tafkheem.  The answer to the March 1 question you referred to was stating that the letter of tafkheem affects the  in this case.  There are 8 cases of tafkheem for the , all of these can be viewed in the following link: Click here Case number 8 of tafkheem for the letter is as follows:

If the  is saakinah and before is a kasrah, and after the a letter of   that does NOT have a kasrah; meaning it has any vowel (including the sukoon) except a kasrah.  As in:   .

May Allah reward you for your questions.