Tafkheem of Raa

Cases of Tafkheem (Heavy Pronunciation) of Raa

1. When the Raa is voweled with a fatha. As in tara and rabbuka in ﴾Alam tara kayfa fa'ala rabbuka bi'as-habi-l-feel﴿ (Al-Fil: 1)

2. When the Raa is voweled with a damma. As in ruziqoo and ruzinqna in ﴾Kullama ruziqoo minha min thamaratin rizqan qaloo hadha-lladhi ruzinqna min qablu wa'utoo bihi mutashabiha﴿ (Al-Baqarah: 25)

3. When the Raa is silent, preceded by a fatha or damma. For example:

— al-mursalat, 'urfan, and farqan in ﴾Wa-l-mursalati 'urfan * Fa-l-'asifati 'asfa * Wa-n-nashirati nashra * Fa-l-fariqati farqa﴿ (Al-Mursalat: 1–4)

— marfoo'ah in ﴾Feeha sururun marfoo'ah﴿ (Al-Ghashiyah: 13)

4. When the Raa is silent, preceded by an original kasra, and followed within the same word by an Isti'la (elevated) letter. For example:

— mirsad in ﴾Inna rabbaka labi-l-mirsad﴿ (Al-Fajr: 14)

— qirtas in ﴾Walaw nazzalna 'alayka kitaban fee qirtasin falamasoohu bi'aydeehim laqala-lladheena kafaroo in hadha illa sihrun mubeen﴿ (Al-An'am: 7)

5. When the Raa is silent, preceded by an incidental kasra. For example:

— limani-rtada in ﴾Wala yashfa'oona illa limani-rtada﴿ (Al-Anbiya: 28)

— ami-rtaboo in ﴾Afee quloobihim maradun ami-rtaboo﴿ (An-Nur: 50)

— irji'ee in ﴾Irji'ee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyya﴿ (Al-Fajr: 28)

6. When the Raa is word-final, made silent by stopping, preceded by a silent letter other than Yaa, and that silent letter is itself preceded by a fatha or damma. For example:

— al-fajr, 'ashr, and al-watr in ﴾Wa-l-fajr * Walayalin 'ashr * Wash-shaf'i wa-l-watr﴿ (Al-Fajr: 1–4)