Question

Assalaamu alaikum.  I have a small question about a word like    .  The question is if I stop on this word (or any that ends in two noons) it will sound as though there is only one noon.   Is there a special way of stopping on this word ?

May Allah reward you.

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh. 

Stopping and continuing this word should sound the same as far as the length of ghunnah (nasalization) on the letter .  The shaddah on the  is not dropped when we stop on this word, only the vowel, which in this case is a fat-h.  The shaddah is what indicates there are two of the letter .  We therefore should hear an equal length of ghunnah when stopping and continuing on this word.  The  or  with a shaddah on them have the longest most complete ghunnah of all the ranks of ghunnah. This long ghunnah shows there is a shaddah and therefore two of the letter (in this case a  ).  The timing cannot be explained in counts, but must be learned from a certified teacher of the Qur’an.  See also the lesson on the ranks of ghunnah in the tidbit archives. 

And may Allah reward you with the best of rewards.