🎙️ Tajweed: recite beautifully · Step 11 of 11

How to stop at the end of an ayah

When you stop, the last vowel becomes a sukoon, a taa marbutah becomes a soft haa, and a tanween fatha becomes a long 'aa'.

Three ways a word changes when you stop

The last vowel becomes a sukoon.

A taa marbutah (ة) is read as a soft ه.

Tanween with fatha becomes a long 'aa'.

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  1. How do you stop on a word ending in tanween fatha?

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    Read it as a long 'aa'.