The word · The Qur’an
الإِمالَة
Imalah
Tilting a fatha towards a kasra, so the vowel lands somewhere between an a and an e.
Also written · Imala · Imaalah · Emalah · Imalah kubra · Taqlil · Taqleel · tilting the vowel · bending the vowel
The meaning
What Imalah means in Islam
It belongs to some readings far more than others; Warsh uses a lighter form of it, called taqlil, in many places. In the Hafs reading there is one clear case, in the word majreha in Surah Hud. It is a transmitted pronunciation, not a regional accent or a matter of taste.
Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- Qira'atThe canonical ways of reciting the Qur'an, each carried by chain from the Prophet through a named reader.القِراءات
- Warsh an NafiThe reading common in North and West Africa, transmitted by Warsh from Nafi of Madinah.وَرْشٌ عَنْ نافِع
- Hafs an AsimThe reading found in most printed mushafs today, transmitted by Hafs from his teacher Asim of Kufa.حَفْصٌ عَنْ عاصِم
- TajwidThe rules for pronouncing the Qur'an correctly: each letter from its place, with its proper qualities.التَّجْويد
More from The Qur’an
- Al-Ahruf as-Sab'ahThe seven modes in which the Qur'an was revealed, an ease for the community; what a mode is stays disputed.الأَحْرُفُ السَّبْعَة
- HifzMemorising the Qur'an by heart, traditionally with a teacher who hears you every day.الحِفْظ
- Jam' al-Qur'anThe gathering of the Qur'an into one written volume, carried out under Abu Bakr and then Uthman.جَمْعُ القُرْآن
- MufassirA scholar who writes or teaches tafsir, trained in Arabic, the readings, the Sunnah and the occasions.المُفَسِّر
- Qur'anThe speech of Allah revealed to Muhammad in Arabic over about twenty three years, preserved word for word.القُرْآن
- TadwirThe middle speed of recitation, sitting between the slow tartil and the quick hadr.التَّدْوير