The Rules of Ghunnah
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Ghunnah reading practice
الغُنَّة The Rule of Ghunnah
The letter ن and م are known as ‘ghunnah’ letters, nasal sounds. Ghunnah is defined as a nasal sound that comes from the nose.
Whenever the letter noon and meem have shaddah on them, they are held for a period of 2 counts with ghunnah.
نّ مّ
نّ مّ
Try and say the following words
أُمِّ
أَمَّ
إِنَّ
أَنَّ
If you hold your nose closed you will not be able to produce the ghunnah sound
Click on each word to see the transliteration and what they sound like.
كَــأَ نَّــكَ
إِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ
جَــهَنَّــمَ
ضَاحِــكًامِّــنْ
أَعْيُــنِ النَّــاسِ
عَبْــدًامِّــنْ
مِــنَ النَّــارِ
وَالنَّــاسِ
جِنَّــةِ
فَــلَمَّــا
ثُمَّ
بَيِّنَــةٌ مِّـنْ
مِن مَّــسَدِ
مِنْهُــمْ مُّــقْتَصِدْ
نَفْــسٌ مَّــاذَا
مِـنَ الْــجِنَّــةِ وَالنَّــاسِ
كَــأَ نَّــكَ
إِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ
جَــهَنَّــمَ
ضَاحِــكًامِّــنْ
أَعْيُــنِ النَّــاسِ
عَبْــدًامِّــنْ
مِــنَ النَّــارِ
وَالنَّــاسِ
جِنَّــةِ
فَــلَمَّــا
ثُمَّ
بَيِّنَــةٌ مِّـنْ
مِن مَّــسَدِ
مِنْهُــمْ مُّــقْتَصِدْ
نَفْــسٌ مَّــاذَا
جَــهَنَّــمَ
Make sure to test yourself by doing the Ghunnah Quiz below.
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