Concealed + nasalisation.
A silent nun / tanwin meeting one of the 15 ikhfa letters is read faintly — between izhar and idgham — with a nasal hum of about 2 counts.
The 'n' is neither clear nor gone; it is held faintly at the top of the nose while preparing for the next letter.
15 letters — everything other than the izhar, idgham, and iqlab letters.
min syarri mā khalaq
"From the evil of that which He created"
aṭ'amahum min jū'
"Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear."
wa mā unzila min qablik
"And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith]."
min taḥtihal-anhār
"Their reward with their Lord will be gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever…"
jazā'uhum 'inda rabbihim
"Their reward with their Lord will be gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever…"
innal-insāna lafī khusr
"Indeed, mankind is in loss,"
habā'am manṡūrā
"And We will approach [i.e., regard] what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed."
anta min dhik'rāhā
"In what [position] are you that you should mention it?"
aflaḥa man zakkāhā
"He has succeeded who purifies it,"
hum 'an ṣalātihim
"[But] who are heedless of their prayer -"
illā min ḍarī'in
"For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant"
fa-ammā man ṭaghā
"So as for he who transgressed"
ḥartha qawmin ẓalamū
"The example of what they spend in this worldly life is like that of a wind containing frost which strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged…"
min khayrin falan
"And whatever good they do - never will it be denied them. And Allāh is Knowing of the righteous."
nāṣiyatin kādhibatin
"A lying, sinning forelock."
Concealed + nasalisation. A silent nun / tanwin meeting one of the 15 ikhfa letters is read faintly — between izhar and idgham — with a nasal hum of about 2 counts.
The 'n' is neither clear nor gone; it is held faintly at the top of the nose while preparing for the next letter.
There are 15 letters: ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ف ق ك. 15 letters — everything other than the izhar, idgham, and iqlab letters.
One example is in Surah Al-Falaq 113:2: "مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ" (min syarri mā khalaq) — "From the evil of that which He created".
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