Question

What is the correct way of stopping on this word: . My question is: because we are stopping there then the vowel on the final hamzah would become a presented sukoon; so then would the hamzah itself be heard?

Answer

The last letter on any word we stop on is going to have a sukoon, for Arabs only stop with a sukoon, just as they only start with a vowel. One thing we have to remember is that although the last letter is going to have a sukoon, either one originally there or a presented one if there is a vowel written on the last letter, we still need to make , or collision on the last letter as long as it isn’t a medd letter, or a qalqalah letter. When there is a medd, or lengthening just before the last letter, we have to make double sure that there is on the last letter. Our mouths have been busy putting out the medd, or lengthening, from the empty space in the throat and mouth, with no specific articulation point, and when the medd ends, we change to a specific articulation point, so have to make very sure we hit the letter with strength. This is even more so with the hamzah being the letter after the medd, or lengthening. The hamzah is a strong letter, but one many find difficult to pronounce correctly. When hamzah is the last letter of a word, we are stopping on the word, and it is preceded by a medd (lengthening), we need to make what is called a or accent, to make the hamzah clear. To do this, we raise up our voice slightly on the very end of the medd, or lengthening, just before we pronounce the hamzah. This then gives us the ability to make with the articulation point of the hamzah and it will come out clearly, insha’ Allah.

Just a note, it doesn’t matter what vowel was originally on the hamzah, we still stop with a presented sukoon and an accent, or . In other words, we stop on the same way we stop on , the same way we stop on .