Iqlab

Quran script:

Colour guide

In the Quranic examples only the letters to which the rule applies are coloured; the rest of the word stays black. Each colour has one fixed meaning throughout the book:

Ghunnah: Ikhfa', Iqlab, Idgham bi-Ghunnah, doubled Nun and Mim

Izhar: Halqi, Shafawi, Qamari

A letter that is written but not pronounced, or fully merged without Ghunnah

Qalqalah

Madd of two counts: Tabi'i, Badal, Silah Sughra, 'Iwad

Madd of four or five counts: Muttasil, Munfasil, Silah Kubra

Madd Lazim of six counts

Madd of 2, 4 or 6 counts: 'Arid li-s-Sukun and Lin at a stop

Tafkhim (heavy)

Tarqiq (light)

The letter under study in the example

Special cases: Sakt, Imalah, Tashil, Ishmam

Iqlab (الإِقْلَاب) means conversion; technically it is turning a silent Nun or Tanwin into a hidden Mim before Ba, with Ghunnah. Its one letter is Ba, within a word or across two. Close the lips lightly without pressing, with a Ghunnah of two counts.

Its sign is a small Mim over the Nun, or in place of the second Tanwin mark.

In the Indo-Pak Mushaf its sign is a small Mim written after the Nun, which keeps its sukun (jazm), or after the full Tanwin.

Iqlab

مِنۢ بَعۡدِمِنْۢ بَعْدِ

Al-Baqarah 2:27

أَنۢبِئۡهُماَنْۢبِئْهُمْ

Al-Baqarah 2:33

سَمِيعُۢ بَصِيرٞسَمِيْعٌۢ بَصِيْرٌ

Al-Hajj 22:61

Tanwin before Ba

Common mistake

It is a mistake to press the lips hard in Iqlab, to leave them open so that the Nun appears, or to drop the Ghunnah.