Qalqalah

The plosive consonants (قَلْقَقَةٌ) are pronounced with a slight addition of sound for a clear pronunciation, that is, they echo when they have sukoon. There are five plosives:

These letters are collected in the following word:

Qalqalah can be of two types:

a) Strong echoing (قَلْقَلَةُ كُبْرَى) — happens if there is a qalqalah letter with tashdeed at the end of a word and we stop at this word.

b) Medium echoing (قَلْقَلَةُ صُغْرَى) happens when we stop on a word which end with sukoon. Sukoon can be there because of a stop or it could be originally in that word.

c) Subtle echoing: (قَلْقَلَةُ صُغْرَى) can occur in the middle of a word or in the middle of a sentence.

Examples of strong echoing:

Examples of medium echoing:

Examples of subtle echoing:

Exercises:

1. Find the letters of Qalqalah in surah At-Tin:

2. Find the letters of Qalqalah in surah Al-’Adiyat:

Questions:

1. What is qalqalah?

2. How many letters does the rule qalqalah have?

3. How many types does it have?