همزة الوصل
ham_wasl
A connecting hamza, written as an alif with a small ص on top (ٱ). It's only heard when you start reading from it, and it's silent when the word is joined to the one before it.
When it applies
At the start of ٱل, of some nouns (ٱسۡم, ٱبۡن) and of some verbs, like the imperative ٱهۡدِنَا.
How to read it
- Joined to the word before: silent, skip it.
- Starting from it: read it with a fatha before ل of ٱل, with a damma in verbs whose third letter has a damma (ٱنظُرۡ), otherwise with a kasra.
Letters
ٱ
Examples from the Quran
Only the letters of this rule are coloured. The word next to it is shown in grey, many rules depend on it. Click a word to open it in the tajweed tool.