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Iqlab for kids (الإقلاب) 🔄

Iqlab: the noon becomes a meem before ba

When Noon Sakinah or Tanween is followed by ب, we turn the noon into a meem and hide it with a Ghunnah of two counts. In the mushaf it is marked with a small meem, like ﴿لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ﴾.

ب

Only one letter: ب (ba).

Try the Iqlab station with your child

Examples of Iqlab from the short surahs

كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ ۝٤

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ۝١٥

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ۝٨

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا ۝٢٧

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ۝٢

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ۝٧

Questions and answers about Iqlab

When does Noon Sakinah become a meem?
When ب comes after it.
How is Iqlab marked in the mushaf?
With a small meem on the noon or the Tanween.
How do we say the meem in Iqlab?
Hidden, with a Ghunnah of two counts.

A short video about Iqlab

The video is in Arabic.

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