The
Two Alike, the Two Similar, the Two Close, and
the Two Far

(Part
4)

The
Two Similar in Nature
(continued)

In
the last tidbit, the definition of
was
given, and the sub-category of: The Two
Small Similar in Nature () was introduced.We stated that the rule for the two small similar in nature () was generally
ith-haar (
) but there are specific
letters that in the category of
, meaning they have the
same articulation point, but different characteristics, that merge into to
each other when they have a “small” () relationship,
meaning the first of the two letters is saakin and the second is voweled.

The
chart below shows which letters of
category
merge into the other when they have relationship.

Examples
of the
and
merging (making
) into the letters in the
chart were given in the last tidbit.

4.
We now continue with the rest of the letters that merge into each other from
the chart starting with the into
the
.This occurs four times in the Qur’an, and this is an (incomplete merging) , it is incomplete in that the
characteristic of
the
remains;
the remaining characteristics of the letter
merge
completely into the letter
. Please
note that because it is an incomplete merging, there is no shaddah mark on the
.The four aayaat in which this type of
takes
place are: