Apart from the special lam in the divine name, an ordinary lam is generally pronounced lightly. It is not automatically made emphatic because a nearby consonant happens to be heavy.
«مَا لَهُمْ» — ordinary lam is light.
«وَكُلِّ» — do not introduce heavy lam.
In «اللَّهُمَّ», the lam of Allah at the opening has its special heavy treatment. Its doubled final mim involves a separate rule of nasalization, developed in the subsequent lesson.
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Refining Qualities and the Detailed Rules of Lam and Ra
Apart from the special lam in the divine name, an ordinary lam is generally pronounced lightly. It is not automatically made emphatic because a nearby consonant happens to be heavy.
«مَا لَهُمْ» — ordinary lam is light.
«وَكُلِّ» — do not introduce heavy lam.
In «اللَّهُمَّ», the lam of Allah at the opening has its special heavy treatment. Its doubled final mim involves a separate rule of nasalization, developed in the subsequent lesson.