LessonsEssential Miscellaneous Rules: Qur’anic Orthography, Pauses and Special WordsQuiz

Tanwin introduces an n-like sound in connected reading, but that n is not retained when stopping. Even where rawm is used to hint faintly at a final vowel, the tanwin n is not pronounced.

On a word ending in damm tanwin, do not add a final n when pausing. Apply the appropriate waqf method.

Rawm is a faint indication of a vowel, not a way to preserve the tanwin consonant.

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Rule 83: Tanwin at a pause

Essential Miscellaneous Rules: Qur’anic Orthography, Pauses and Special Words

Tanwin introduces an n-like sound in connected reading, but that n is not retained when stopping. Even where rawm is used to hint faintly at a final vowel, the tanwin n is not pronounced.

On a word ending in damm tanwin, do not add a final n when pausing. Apply the appropriate waqf method.

Rawm is a faint indication of a vowel, not a way to preserve the tanwin consonant.