Laam Sakinah rules
THE DEFINITE ARTICLE The definition of the definite article is: It is an extra laam saakinah added to the basic makeup of the word. This noun is preceded by a hamzah al-wasl ( ) that is read with a fat-hah when starting the word, dropped when continuing from a previous word. This definite article is like the English word “the”. When there is the definite article preceding a noun (it only enters nouns) there are only two possible rules for the : 1. 2. The clear pronunciation of the definite article ( of ) If the definite article precedes a noun beginning with any of the fourteen letters in the group : The of the definite article is said clearly or with . The of the definite article is then is called . Examples of this are in the following two words: The saakinah of the definite article is pronounce clearly in these words. A reminder: the first letter of the word is a hamzah wasl, and it is