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title: "Explaining the First Verse of Tuhfat al-Atfal: Rules of Noon Sakinah and Tanween"
description: "📜 Tuḥfat al-Aṭfāl is a didactic poem by Shaykh Sulaymān al-Jamzūrī on tajweed. Its first chapter covers the rules of Nūn Sākinah and Tanwīn.4️⃣ Nūn S"
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date: "2026-07-30T16:01:13+00:00"
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# Explaining the First Verse of Tuhfat al-Atfal: Rules of Noon Sakinah and Tanween
- 📜 **Tuḥfat al-Aṭfāl** is a didactic poem by Shaykh Sulaymān al-Jamzūrī on tajweed. Its first chapter covers the rules of Nūn Sākinah and Tanwīn.
- 4️⃣ Nūn Sākinah and Tanwīn have **exactly four rules**: **Iẓhār, Idghām, Iqlāb, Ikhfā’**.
- 🔤 We begin with Iẓhār Ḥalqī: its six letters are the throat letters (ء, هـ, ع, ح, غ, خ).
- 🎯 Iẓhār = pronouncing the Nūn clearly, with no added ghunnah.
Explaining the First Verse of Tuḥfat al-Aṭfāl
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Tuḥfat al-Aṭfāl is one of the core texts we use to ground students at **Iqraa Irtaqii Academy**, because it packages the tajweed rules into easily memorised couplets. The author opens the chapter on Nūn Sākinah and Tanwīn:
> “For the Nūn if it has sukūn, and for the Tanwīn — there are **four rules**, so take my clarification.”
Meaning: when a silent Nūn or a Tanwīn occurs, it takes **only four rulings**, depending on the letter that follows it.
### The four rules in brief
1. **Iẓhār** (clear pronunciation): when followed by one of the six throat letters.
2. **Idghām** (merging): when followed by one of the letters in the word *yarmalūn*.
3. **Iqlāb** (conversion): when followed by the letter Bā’.
4. **Ikhfā’** (concealment): when followed by any of the remaining fifteen letters.
### The first rule: Iẓhār Ḥalqī
Iẓhār linguistically means “to make clear.” Technically: articulating the Nūn from its point without adding ghunnah to it. Its six letters are throat letters, which al-Jamzūrī lists as: Hamzah, then Hā’, then ‘Ayn, Ḥā’, then Ghayn, Khā’.
Quranic examples: *man āmana* (with Hamzah), *minhum* (with Hā’), *an‘amta* (with ‘Ayn), *yanḥitūn* (with Ḥā’), *fa-sayunghiḍūn* (with Ghayn), *al-munkhaniqah* (with Khā’).
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### Frequently Asked Questions
**Q: How many rules do Nūn Sākinah and Tanwīn have?**A: Four only: Iẓhār, Idghām, Iqlāb, Ikhfā’.
**Q: What is the difference between Nūn Sākinah and Tanwīn here?**A: The rules are the same for both. Nūn Sākinah is a fixed letter in writing and pronunciation; Tanwīn is an extra Nūn sound that is pronounced in continuation but dropped in writing and when stopping.
**Q: Does Iẓhār contain ghunnah?**A: The clarified Nūn keeps its short, inherent ghunnah within the letter itself, but nothing is added to it.