LessonsRefining Qualities and the Detailed Rules of Lam and RaQuiz

In an ordinary pause, the word-final vowel is dropped and the last consonant becomes still. Rawm is another type of pause in which a very small audible remnant of the original vowel is retained. It applies to kasrah and dammah, not fathah.

With a fully still final ra, the pausing rules for still ra apply. With rawm, however, the original vowel retains an influence, so the light or heavy sound may follow that original vowel instead.

For example, when pausing with rawm on «وَالْفَجْرِ», ra is light in view of its original kasrah. A rule for a completely still ra must not be applied uncritically to rawm.

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Ordinary pause and pausing with rawm

Refining Qualities and the Detailed Rules of Lam and Ra

In an ordinary pause, the word-final vowel is dropped and the last consonant becomes still. Rawm is another type of pause in which a very small audible remnant of the original vowel is retained. It applies to kasrah and dammah, not fathah.

With a fully still final ra, the pausing rules for still ra apply. With rawm, however, the original vowel retains an influence, so the light or heavy sound may follow that original vowel instead.

For example, when pausing with rawm on «وَالْفَجْرِ», ra is light in view of its original kasrah. A rule for a completely still ra must not be applied uncritically to rawm.