In تَوَّابًا the wāw is doubled and must not be reduced to a weak single sound. The word ends in fatḥatayn; at the final pause pronounce madd ʿiwaḍ: “tawwābā.”
Do not stop as “tawwāban”; the tanwīn nūn does not remain.
Compare pauses on «أَفْوَاجًا» and «تَوَّابًا»: both illustrate the difference between the written tanwīn and the pronounced verse-final long vowel.
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Tawwāban: completing the final pause
Al-Kāfirūn and An-Naṣr: Applied Madd, Idghām, Ghunnah and Waqf
In تَوَّابًا the wāw is doubled and must not be reduced to a weak single sound. The word ends in fatḥatayn; at the final pause pronounce madd ʿiwaḍ: “tawwābā.”
Do not stop as “tawwāban”; the tanwīn nūn does not remain.
Compare pauses on «أَفْوَاجًا» and «تَوَّابًا»: both illustrate the difference between the written tanwīn and the pronounced verse-final long vowel.