Question

As Salaam Alyikum:

 We were going over surah MULK in Qur'an class, and in ayat 19 at the jeem stop  on the word, I notice my teacher says nun with a slight fat-hah and not a complete sukoon.
Can you explain the name of this rule and give some other examples from the
Qur'an.
Thank you

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.  The word  is one we need to be careful to pronounce properly when stopping on it, since we have the letter  with a fixed sukoon, followed by the letter  with a presented sukoon.  The only time you will have to pronounce two saakin letters together is in a situation like this, where there is a fixed sukoon on the second to the last letter of the word and we are stopping on the word, so the last letter then acquires a sukoon.  The letter  is a letter that is unique to the Arabic language articulated from one or both sides of the tongue and the area near to the upper molars. It also has the characteristc of , or lengthening of the the tongue that is also specific only to this letter.  For this reason, we have to be careful to say the  correctly from the accurate articulation point while giving it tafkheem as well as and the timing of , this is done with collision of the two parts of articulation, and after pronouncing it with all of these characteristics, we have to make a second collision for the letter  using the tip of the tongue and that which lies opposite to it from the gums of the two front top teeth. We also need to give the   saakinah the timing of tawassit.

There is no small fat-h on the   when stopping on this word, but the sound of the  saakinah followed by the  saakinah is one we may not be used to hearing. 

Any time there is a saakin letter with  before the last letter of the word and we are stopping on the word, we have to be careful to pronounce both letters with their full characteristics. 

You are most welcome.