Prolongation

Soft-letter prolongation

The mechanic

واو or ياء carrying sukun after a fatha, with one more letter after it, at a place where the reciter stops. Stopping puts a sukun on that last letter and the soft letter is drawn out.

Where it occurs

Its condition

و ي

Length, as reported

Two, four and six harakat are all reported.

A place in the text

ٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٖ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنۡ خَوۡفِۭ

The marked spot was located in this ayah's own text at build time — Quraysh 106:4.

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