Tajweed rule: Idgham with Ghunnah

الإدغام بغنة idgham_ghunnah
Merging a noon sakinah نۡ or tanween ـً ـٍ ـٌ into the next word's first letter, keeping the ghunnah.

When it applies

A noon sakinah نۡ or tanween ـً ـٍ ـٌ at the end of a word, followed by ي ن م و (yanmu) at the start of the next: مَن يَقُولُ, مِن نِّعۡمَةٍ, قَوۡلٌ مَّعۡرُوفٌ. Not inside one word: ٱلدُّنۡيَا, بُنۡيَٰنٌ, صِنۡوَانٌ, قِنۡوَانٌ are read with izhar.

How to read it

Skip the noon, read the next letter as if it had a shaddah and hold the ghunnah for 2 counts.
Letters ي ن م و

Examples from the Quran

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