Ikhfāʾ conceals the n-sound with nasal resonance: it is neither fully exposed like iẓhār nor completely assimilated like idghām. The source assigns it to the remaining fifteen letters outside the iẓhār, idghām, and qalb sets.
Prepare the mouth for the next letter, retain ghunnah, and avoid a detached, fully pronounced n. The following consonant must still be articulated correctly.
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Ikhfāʾ: between clarity and merging
Sākin Nūn & Tanwīn — Iẓhār, Idghām, Qalb and Ikhfāʾ
Ikhfāʾ conceals the n-sound with nasal resonance: it is neither fully exposed like iẓhār nor completely assimilated like idghām. The source assigns it to the remaining fifteen letters outside the iẓhār, idghām, and qalb sets.
Prepare the mouth for the next letter, retain ghunnah, and avoid a detached, fully pronounced n. The following consonant must still be articulated correctly.