5.
(also referred to as
) The pronoun or direct object 
.
If there is a saakin letter before 
and a voweled letter after it, Ibn Katheer lengthens the 
two vowel counts.
This is different than the other qira'aat which require a voweled letter before and after the pronoun or direct object , otherwise known as , before lengthening it.
Examples in which Ibn Katheer lengthens after a saakin as described in this rule:
B. Special words with read differently than Hafs 'an 'Aasim
i. The following words are read with a kasrah on the and a 
of two vowel counts:
, which are read as: 
for An-Naml and 
for An-Noor.
ii. Ibn Katheer reads the word 
in the phrase 
with a dhammah on the ha' and a of two vowel counts.
iii. Ibn Katheer adds a hamzah saakinah to the word 
in the phrase
and reads the with a dhammah and a two vowel count lengthening on the . It is read as: 
. This phrase occurs twice in the Glorious Qur’an. in Al-A-‘Araaf aayah 111 (7:111) and Ash-Shu3ara' aayah 26 (26:36)
iv. The is read with a kasrah on the , and with a in the first example from al-Kahf and no lengthening in the second example in al-Fath in the following words: 
and 
. They are therefore read as: 
in Al-Kahf and 
in Al-FatH.