When النَّاسِ is linked, its final sīn has kasrah. Pausing makes that sīn unvowelled, النَّاسْ. Because a madd alif precedes this newly unvowelled consonant, a case of madd ʿāriḍ li-s-sukūn arises on stopping.
The book discusses permissible duration options and consistent choices; do not vary length arbitrarily from verse to verse. Practise the linked and stopped forms, explaining why they differ.
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Al-Nās: madd ʿāriḍ when stopping
Applied Tajwīd Diagnostics: Four Short Sūrahs
When النَّاسِ is linked, its final sīn has kasrah. Pausing makes that sīn unvowelled, النَّاسْ. Because a madd alif precedes this newly unvowelled consonant, a case of madd ʿāriḍ li-s-sukūn arises on stopping.
The book discusses permissible duration options and consistent choices; do not vary length arbitrarily from verse to verse. Practise the linked and stopped forms, explaining why they differ.