The
(Hiding)
of the
Saakinah
and Tanween
This
lesson defines the
, the
last of the four rules for the
saakinah
and tanween. The three other
rules
saakinah
and tanween and their explanations are located in the tidbit archives link.
The
is
linguistically defined as: hiding or concealment
The
applied definition of the
is:
The pronunciation of a non-voweled letter stripped of any shaddah,
characterized somewhere between an 
and
an
with
a ghunnah remaining on the first letter, in this case the
saakinah
and the tanween.
The
letters of the
for
the
saakinah
and tanween are all the remaining letters in the Arabic alphabet after we
remove the letters that cause
,
,
and
.
There are 15 letters in
the Arabic alphabet, all causing
, or
hiding of the
saakinah
and tanween; they are:
If a
saakinah
or tanween is followed by any of these 15 letters, we hide the
.
The
can
take place between two words (as will always be the case with the tanween) or
in the middle of a word. To hide
the
our
tongue does not touch the teeth or gum, instead our tongue moves close to, but
not at, the articulation point of the next letter, which is the letter causing
the
(hiding).
We then hold this sound with an accompanying ghunnah (nasalization) for
the amount of timing appropriate for the
.
The
(or
hiding) of the
saakinah
or tanween is also known as
.
The
technique of the
of the
takes practice to perfect.
There is no difference in the
or
in the technique of the
whether
it is a written
that
is being hidden, or a tanween. Some students simply keep their tongue at the articulation
point of the
during
the
, and
prolong the sound with a ghunnah (nasalization). This is not the correct technique. Others let the back portion of the tongue rise up to the roof
of the mouth and rest it there, which is again, incorrect.
The tongue shouldn’t be touching the roof, gums, or teeth, but should
be close to the articulation point of the next letter, as stating previously.
Examples
of the
of
the
saakinah
and tanween:
Click
here to listen to aayah
In
this example above, there is a
saakinah
in the middle of the second word, followed by the letter
, one
of the letters of
.
We don’t let our tongue touch the articulation point of the
, but
instead put our tongue in a position close to, but not touching the
articulation point of the letter
, and
hold this sound with a ghunnah for a period of time.
The exact period of time cannot be explained in writing, but instead
should be learned and copied from a qualified Qur’an teacher.
It is not correct to state that the ghunnah is held for two counts.
Click
here to listen to aayah
In
this example there is a tanween at the end of the second word, followed by a
as
the first letter of the next following word.
The
is one of
the letters that causes hiding of the
saakinah
and tanween. The technique is
similar to that described above, except our tongue should get close to the
articulation point of the
instead
of the
.
Click
here to listen to aayah
This
aayah has a
saakinah
as the last letter of the first word, it is followed by a
, which is
one of the letters that causes hiding of the
saakinah.
Again, as previously stated, we don’t let our tongue go to the
articulation point of the
, but
instead bring our tongue close to, but not touching, the
, and hold
the sound with an accompanying ghunnah for the appropriate period of time.
