Izhar (clear pronunciation)

Izhar halqi (“throat izhar”) applies when noon sakinah or tanween meets a letter that is pronounced from the throat. Because the noon is made in the tongue and the throat letters come from far back, the two sounds are easy to keep apart: say the noon (or the “n” of the tanween) cleanly from its own place and then move straight on to the next letter.

1. 1

   Pronounce the noon (or the “n” of the tanween) fully, from the tip of the tongue.

2. 2

   Do not hold it, hum it or blend it into the next letter.

3. 3

   Go straight to the throat letter with its own vowel.

• Adding a ghunnah (nasal hum) to the noon, which turns izhar into something closer to ikhfa.
• Dropping the noon almost silently before ha or ayn.

• Idgham with ghunnah
• Ikhfa (hiding)
• Iqlab (conversion)