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

When a word ends in ordinary fath tanwin, stopping generally replaces the connected tanwin n with an alif-like long vowel, as with nisāʾan.

This must not be confused with stopping on other tanwin endings or ta marbuta.

The joined and stopped pronunciations are different.

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