Al-Mushaf Al-Shamil العربية

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

Surahs with the most of this rule

Ikhfa: examples in Juz Amma · Ikhfa: examples in Juz Tabarak

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