In الْإِنْسَانَ, a sākin nūn comes immediately before sīn. Sīn is an ikhfāʾ letter, so conceal the independent nūn articulation while maintaining suitable nasal resonance.
The rule can occur within one word; it is not restricted to a word boundary.
Practice «insān»: first locate nūn and sīn, then join them with proper ikhfāʾ and no invented vowel.
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In الْإِنْسَانَ, a sākin nūn comes immediately before sīn. Sīn is an ikhfāʾ letter, so conceal the independent nūn articulation while maintaining suitable nasal resonance.
The rule can occur within one word; it is not restricted to a word boundary.
Practice «insān»: first locate nūn and sīn, then join them with proper ikhfāʾ and no invented vowel.