Ikhfa (hiding) in Tajweed
A noon sakinah or tanween is hidden before the remaining fifteen letters (every letter not covered by izhar, idgham or iqlab above): it is pronounced between izhar and idgham, with a ghunnah of 2 counts. The same applies to hiding a meem sakinah before ba (ikhfa shafawi, labial ikhfa).
Its letters: ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ف ق ك
It comes in 5,801 places in the Mushaf.
Examples from the Quran
- يُنفِقُونَAl-Baqarah 3
- وَأَنزَلَAli 'Imran 3
- رِجَالٗاAn-Nisa 1
- لَكُمAl-Ma'idah 1
- مِّنAl-An'am 2
- أُنزِلَAl-A'raf 2
- ٱلۡأَنفَالِۖAl-Anfal 1
- فَإِنAt-Tawbah 3
- أَنذِرِYunus 2
- فَضۡلٖHud 3
- أَنزَلۡنَٰهُYusuf 2
- أُنزِلَAr-Ra'd 1
- أَنزَلۡنَٰهُIbrahim 1
- مِنAl-Hijr 4
- أَنذِرُوٓاْAn-Nahl 2
- مِنAl-Isra 2
- أَنزَلَAl-Kahf 1
- كٓهيعٓصٓMaryam 1
- أَنزَلۡنَاTaha 2
- مِّنAl-Anbya 2
- هُمAl-Hajj 2
- ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَAl-Mu'minun 12
- أَنزَلۡنَٰهَاAn-Nur 1
- شَرِيكٞAl-Furqan 2
Surahs with the most of this rule
- Surah Al-Baqarah 507 places
- Surah Ali 'Imran 303 places
- Surah An-Nisa 289 places
- Surah Al-A'raf 250 places
- Surah Al-An'am 246 places
- Surah Al-Ma'idah 219 places
- Surah At-Tawbah 193 places
- Surah An-Nahl 141 places
- Surah Yunus 135 places
- Surah Hud 129 places
- Surah Al-Kahf 122 places
- Surah Al-Anbya 109 places
Ikhfa: examples in Juz Amma · Ikhfa: examples in Juz Tabarak