🎙️ Tajweed: recite beautifully · Step 5 of 11
Idgham: merging the noon
Before the letters of 'yarmaloon', the noon saakin or tanween merges into the next letter, with or without ghunnah.
The rule
The six letters of idgham are ي ر م ل و ن (remember yarmaloon).
- With ghunnah before ي ن م و: the noon disappears into the next letter, which is held with a nasal sound for two counts.
- Without ghunnah before ل ر: the noon disappears completely into the ل or ر.
Idgham only happens between two words. Inside one word (as in دُنْيَا) the noon stays clear.
With ghunnah
Noon saakin into ي, with ghunnah.
Tanween into و, with ghunnah.
Without ghunnah
Tanween into ر: no ghunnah.
Tanween into ل: no ghunnah.
✅ Check yourself
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Which two letters take idgham without ghunnah?
Show the answer
ل and ر.