QirāʾātThe ten readings

Replacing the hamzah

الإبدال

al-ibdāl

The hamzah is dropped and replaced outright by a letter of prolongation matching the preceding vowel — ā after fatḥah, ū after ḍammah, ī after kasrah. So يُؤْمِنُونَ becomes يُومِنُونَ.

Example

يُومِنُونَ

al-Baqarah 2:3

al-Sūsī and Abū Jaʿfar replace the hamzah; Ḥafṣ keeps it.