Hiding the tanwīn at ghayn and khāʾ
إخفاء التنوين والنون الساكنة عند الغين والخاء
ikhfāʾ al-tanwīn ʿinda al-ghayn wa-l-khāʾ
Ghayn and khāʾ are throat letters, so the nūn before them normally takes iẓhār — everyone sounds it plainly. Abū Jaʿfar alone treats these two as he would the fifteen letters of ordinary ikhfāʾ: the nūn is half-hidden and the nasal hum kept. Three words are excepted and sounded plainly even by him: يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا، فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ، وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُ.
Example
قَوْلًا غَيْرَ
al-Baqarah 2:59
Abū Jaʿfar hides the tanwīn at the ghayn with ghunnah; the rest sound it.
By reader
Most readers — iẓhār — the plain nūn, as at every throat letter
- Abū Jaʿfarأبو جعفرikhfāʾ with ghunnah at غ and خ, except the three listed words