Rules of Nun Sakinah, Tanween, and Meem Sakinah in Surah Al-Qiyamah
This article outlines the rules concerning Nun Sakinah, Tanween, and Meem Sakinah as presented in Surah Al-Qiyamah:
- Clear Pronunciation: (يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ), (نَّاضِرَةٌ إِلَى), (سُدًى أَلَمْ), (بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى), (مِنْهُ).
- Inversion: (يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا), (يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ).
- Assimilation with Ghunnah: (أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ), (أَن نُّسَوِّيَ), (وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ), (يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ), (نَاظِرَةٌ وَوُجُوهٌ), (وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ), (بَصِيرَةٌ وَلَوْ), (رَاقٍ وَظَنَّ), (أَن يُتْرَكَ), (نُطْفَةً مِّن), (مِّن مَّنِيٍّ), (مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَ), (أَنْ يُحْيِيَ).
- Complete Pronunciation: (مَنْ رَاقٍ).
- True Concealment: (الْإِنسَانُ), (بَاسِرَةٌ تَظُنُّ), (فَاقِرَةٌ كَلَّ), (لَـكِن كَذَّبَ), (عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ), (وَالْأُنثَى).
- Oral Pronunciation: (أَلَمْ يَكُ), (يُمْنَى), (جَمْعَهُ).
Rules of Lengthening in Surah Al-Qiyamah
Below are the rules regarding lengthening observed in Surah Al-Qiyamah:
- Soft Lengthening: (بِيَوْمِ), (يَوْمُ), (يَوْمَئِذٍ), (أَيْنَ), (عَلَيْنَا), (أَوْلَى), (فَأَوْلَى), (الزَّوْجَيْنِ), (أَلَيْسَ), (الْمَوْتَى).
- Permissible Separation Lengthening: (لَا أُقْسِمُ), (ولَا أُقْسِمُ), (كَلَّا إِذَا), (إِلَى أَهْلِهِ), (يَتَمَطَّى أَوْلَى), (فَأَوْلَى أَيَحْسَبُ), (وَالْأُنثَى أَلَيْسَ), (عَلَى أَنْ).
- Compensation Lengthening: (سُدًى).
- Natural Lengthening at the End of a Word: (الْمَوْتَى), (وَالْأُنثَى), (فَسَوَّى), (يُمْنَى), (فَأَوْلَى), (يَتَمَطَّى), (وَتَوَلَّى).
- Minor Linking Lengthening: (عِظَامَهُ بَلَى), (بَنَانَهُ بَلْ), (أَمَامَهُ يَسْأَلُ), (نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ), (مَعَاذِيرَهُ لَا), (جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ), (وَقُرْآنَهُ فَإِذَا), (قُرْآنَهُ ثُمَّ), (بَيَانَهُ كَلَّا), (أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّى).
- Major Linking Lengthening: (بِهِ إنَّ).
- Empowerment Lengthening: (يُحيِيَ).
- Replacement Lengthening: (الآخرة).
Instances of Qalqalah in Surah Al-Qiyamah
In Surah Al-Qiyamah, both minor and major Qalqalah can be found. The letters of Qalqalah are represented by the acronym (قطب جد). Below is the Qalqalah identified in this Surah:
- Minor Qalqalah: (أُقْسم/ نُطْفةً / نجْمع).
- Major Qalqalah: This occurs at the end of the following words: (أيحسبُ, يُريدُ, بَرِقَ, راقٍ, الفُراقُ, الساقُ, بالساقِ, المساقُ, صدَّقَ, كذَّبَ, ذهبَ, فخلَقَ).
Words Featuring Emphasis (Tarqeeq) and Their Levels in Surah Al-Qiyamah
Emphasis refers to the enhancement of a letter when pronounced, with the emphasis letters noted in the acronym (خص ضغط قظ). There are three levels of emphasis:
- Highest Level: This applies when the emphatic letter is either open or silent, preceded by an open letter. The following words from Surah Al-Qiyamah contain letters with this high level of emphasis: (عِظَامَهُ, قَادِرِينَ, بَرِقَ, الْبَصَرُ, وَخَسَفَ, الْقَمَرُ, الْمُسْتَقَرُّ, قَدَّمَ, وَأَخَّرَ, أَلْقَى, قَرَأْنَاهُ, صَدَّقَ, صَلَّى, يَتَمَطَّى, عَلَقَةً, فَخَلَقَ, بِقَادِرٍ).
- Middle Level: This is the case when the emphatic letter is rounded or silent, preceded by a rounded letter. The words in Surah Al-Qiyamah containing letters of this middle emphasis level include: (أُقْسِمُ, يَقُولُ, وَقُرْآنَهُ, قُرْآنَهُ, السَّاقُ, نُطْفَةً, الْمَسَاقُ).
- Lowest Level: This applies when the emphatic letter is broken or silent, preceded by a broken letter. The following words from Surah Al-Qiyamah feature letters with this lower level of emphasis: (الْقِيَامَةِ, بَصِيرَةٌ, الْآخِرَةَ, نَّاضِرَةٌ, نَاظِرَةٌ, فَاقِرَةٌ, التَّرَاقِيَ, وَقِيلَ, بِالسَّاقِ).