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Jazm or Sukoon (ـــْــ)

  • Jazm is the state of a letter without a short vowel. Since letters without a vowel cannot be recited by themselves, they are recited with a voweled letter.
  • The symbol for jazm is a small circle, or zero, written above the letter (ــْـ)
  • The symbol is called jazm or sukoon, and the letter it is on is called sakin.
  • Sakin letter cannot begin a word.
  • They cannot be recited alone without a letter before them

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