Sukun & Qalqalah

Learn how a still letter leans on the letter before it, and how five special letters give a small echo.

Read closed syllables like أَبْ and مَسْ
Know the two shapes of Sukun
Echo the five Qalqalah letters قُطْبُ جَدٍ

Try it: join the two letters

The five echo letters

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Part 1

Sukun: the letter that stops

Sukun means rest. A letter with Sukun has no vowel, so it stops at once and leans on the letter before it. Together they make one closed syllable, like أَبْ or مَسْ.

1Moving letter: the sound flows
2Sukun: the sound stops at once

Two shapes, one meaning

School books usually show Sukun as a small circle. The Madinah Mushaf writes it as a small head of the letter Ha. Both mean the letter is still.

A still letter never starts a word

Arabic never begins with a still letter, so a moving letter always comes first. Press the button to join أَ and بْ in one breath.

Say ab, not aba. Do not add a hidden vowel after the Sukun.

Part 2

Qalqalah: a little echo

When one of the five letters ق ط ب ج د is still, its sound gives a small bounce. Remember them as قُطْبُ جَدٍ. The echo is strongest when you stop on the letter.

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Lesson goals

Understand that a still letter needs a moving letter before it.
Read closed syllables such as أَبْ، مَسْ، يَعْ without adding a vowel.
Recognise both shapes of Sukun.
Echo the five Qalqalah letters قُطْبُ جَدٍ.

A 25-minute plan

5 min: Play the stopping ball and explain that Sukun means rest.
7 min: Drill the Letters tab with Fatha, then Kasra, then Damma.
8 min: Read the six words in the Read tab, then the echo letters.
5 min: Final Challenge.

Mistakes to listen for

Adding a hidden vowel after the Sukun (mas becomes masa).
Echoing letters that are not Qalqalah, such as Meem or Noon.
No echo at all when stopping on قُطْبُ جَدٍ.