Characteristics of Letters 
Part
5
Characteristics that have opposites
The Adhering and the Separating 
and 
This tidbit is a continuation of the explanation of the five sets of “pairs” that each letter has one each of. The previous lessons are now located in the tidbit archives.
is defined linguistically as: Adhering.
The applied tajweed definition of is:
Adhesions most of the tongue to the roof of the mouth when pronouncing
the letter.
The letters that have the characteristic of are:
.
Imam Al-Jazaree said in his poem “al-Muqaddimah”: 
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One thing that is important to note is that all of the letters of are
also of 
group,
and therefore all have tafkheem.
The 
and
have
or
adhesion of the tongue in the posterior portion of the tongue in the soft
palate area while pronouncing either of the letters.
A far greater portion of the tongue adheres to the roof of the
mouth when pronouncing the two letters: 
and 
.
The adhesion in
these two letters starts at the articulation point and continues backwards in
the mouth to the soft palate area.
is defined linguistically as: Separation.
In applied tajweed, is defined as: Separation between
the tongue and the roof of the mouth when pronouncing a letter.
The letters of are the remaining letters in the Arabic
alphabet after the four letters ( ) of are removed.
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Definition: Adhering |
Definition: Separation
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Applied Definition: Adhesion of most of the tongue to the roof of the mouth when pronouncing the letter.
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