'Beautify the Qur'an with your voices (for a fine voice increases the Qur'an in beauty)'. Bukhari

The Rules of the letter ر ('RA')

There are 2 categories as the letter

can either be:

To produce this sound the back of the tongue rises in the mouth. This elevation of the tongue produces a thick or heavy sound.

There are 5 categories for when the produces a thick, round sound:

E.g	(91:13)
	(91:14)

E.g	(91:6)
	(102:2)

When it carries a sukoon and the letter before it carries a kasrah , and the letter after the is a rough letter (ista'ala) that doesn't carry a kasrah

E.g

When it carries a sukoon and the letter before it carries a 'helping' kasra (not an original kasra)

E.g

When it carries a sukoon as a result of wanting to stop (therefore not an original sukoon), and the letter before it is not a ya and carries a sukoon , and the letter before that has either a Fattah or dammah

E.g	(103:1)
	(103:2)

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To produce this sound, the back of the tongue lowers so that a flat sound is produced.

There are 4 categories for when the produces a thin sound:

E.g	(79:36)
	(80:37)

When it carries a sukoon and the letter before it carries an original kasra in the same word and a letter of ista'ala (thick) doesn't follow it

E.g

(79:17)

When it carries a sukoon (as a result of stopping, either in the middle or end of an ayah) and the letter before it is a (elongated or otherwise) and the carries a sukoon

E.g	(100:11)
	(85:11)

When it carries a sukoon (due to stopping either in the middle or end of an ayah), and the letter before it is a letter of istifaal (thin) which carries a sukoon , and the letter before this carries a kasrah

E.g

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