Questions & Answers about التنزيل بعد الرفع.
A natural Egyptian-style pronunciation is et-tanzīl baʿd er-rafʿ.
A few notes:
- التنزيل is pronounced et-tanzīl, not al-tanzīl
- الرفع is pronounced er-rafʿ
- بعد is usually baʿd
You may also see transliterations like it-tanzil baʿd ir-rafʿ. That is just a different way of writing the same sounds.
Because ت and ر are both sun letters. In Arabic, when ال comes before a sun letter, the l sound assimilates to the next consonant.
So:
- التنزيل is pronounced et-tanzīl
- الرفع is pronounced er-rafʿ
The spelling stays the same, but the pronunciation changes.