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Pronounce the noon clearly without nasalization when followed by one of the six throat letters: ء هـ ع ح غ خ.

Merge the noon into the next letter when followed by one of: ي ن م و, with a 2-count nasal sound (ghunnah).

Merge the noon into ل or ر without any nasal sound.

Convert the noon sakinah or tanween into a hidden meem (م) with ghunnah when followed by the letter ب.

Hide the noon with a 2-count ghunnah when followed by any of the remaining 15 letters: ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ف ق ك.

Hide the meem sakinah with ghunnah when followed by the letter ب.

Merge the meem sakinah into another م with a 2-count ghunnah.

Pronounce the meem sakinah clearly when followed by any letter except ب and م. Be especially careful with ف and و, where the sound is close.

A 2-count elongation that occurs naturally when a long vowel (ا و ي) follows its matching short vowel, with no hamzah or sukoon after it.

Occurs when a madd letter at the end of a word is followed by a hamzah at the start of the next word. Stretched 2, 4, or 5 counts.

Occurs when a madd letter is followed by a hamzah within the same word. Stretched 4 or 5 counts (obligatory).

Occurs when a madd letter is followed by a permanent sukoon or shaddah. Stretched a full 6 counts.

Occurs when stopping on a word whose last letter is preceded by a madd letter. Stretched 2, 4, or 6 counts.

A light bounce when a qalqalah letter has sukoon in the middle of a word.

A stronger bounce when stopping on a qalqalah letter at the end of a word.

The lam of 'al-' is pronounced clearly when followed by one of 14 'lunar' letters: ا ب ج ح خ ع غ ف ق ك م و هـ ي.

The lam of 'al-' is silent and the next letter is doubled with shaddah when followed by one of 14 'sun' letters: ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن.

Pronounce ra heavy when it carries fatha or damma, or when it is sakinah and preceded by a fatha/damma.

Pronounce ra light when it carries kasrah, or when it is sakinah and preceded by a kasrah (with no isti'la letter following).

A 2-count nasal sound applied to م and ن when they carry shaddah.

Merging of two letters that share the same place of articulation (e.g. د into ت).

Merging of two letters that are close in articulation point (e.g. ق into ك).

Marked with 'م'. The reciter must stop here; continuing without stopping changes the meaning.

Marked with 'لا'. Do not stop here; the meaning is incomplete and continuing is required.

Marked with 'ج'. Stopping or continuing are both equally permissible.

Three dots appearing in two places — stop at one but not both. Only one of the two stops is observed.

A connecting hamzah pronounced only when starting a word; silent when reading continuously from the previous word.

Letters that are written in the mushaf but not pronounced — for example, the dagger alif placeholders or certain sukoon situations.