Types

Full Mouth and Empty Mouth Letters

التَّفْخِيمُ وَالتَّرْقِيقُ

1. Full Mouth: It is the thickening of the voice and closing of the mouth when any of the letters are pronounced.

Full Mouth letters: خ , ص , ض , ط , ظ , غ , ق

They are collected in the phrase:

خُصَّ – ضَغْطٍ – قِظْ

– Examples of Full Mouth:

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2. Empty Mouth: It is emptiness in the voice and openness of the mouth when any of the letters are pronounced.

Empty Mouth letters: The rest of the letters after taking out the full mouth letters and Alif (أ), Laam (ل) and Raa (ر) (as they are full mouth and empty mouth and they have their own set of rules).

ب , ت , ث , ج , ح , د , ذ , ز , س , ش , ع , ف , ك , ل , م , ن , و , ه , ء , ي