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Question

Can you tell me about haroof e shamshi and haroof e qamri?

Answer

Assalaam alaikum,

Please see the following link for details:

http://www.abouttajweed.com/new_page_5.htm

The letters that are pronounced clearly after the  of the definite article are called al-qamariyyah letters.  The other letters that the  of the definite article merges into are called ash-shamsiyyah letters.  The link above explains this in detail.

Wa assalaam