The word · The Qur’an
القَلْقَلَة
Qalqalah
The slight bounce on five letters when they carry no vowel: qaf, taa, ba, jim and dal.
Also written · Qalqala · Kalkala · Qalqla · Qalqalah letters · Qutb Jad · Qutbu Jadin · bouncing sound · echo sound
The meaning
What Qalqalah means in Islam
Teachers gather them in the phrase qutbu jad. The bounce is small in the middle of a word and stronger when you stop on the letter at the end of a verse. It is a spring off the letter, not an added vowel, so no eh or uh sound should be heard after it.
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Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- Sifat al-HurufThe qualities of each letter: whispered or voiced, heavy or light, tense or flowing.صِفاتُ الحُروف
- TajwidThe rules for pronouncing the Qur'an correctly: each letter from its place, with its proper qualities.التَّجْويد
- Waqf (in recitation)Where you stop while reciting, and where you may not, shown by small letters above the line.الوَقْف
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
- Hafs an AsimThe reading found in most printed mushafs today, transmitted by Hafs from his teacher Asim of Kufa.حَفْصٌ عَنْ عاصِم
- Isti'adhahSaying I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan before beginning to recite.الاسْتِعاذَة
- ManzilOne of seven divisions of the Qur'an, used by those who complete a full reading each week.مَنْزِل
- QariA reciter of the Qur'an; in the classical sense, one trained and certified in a particular reading.القارِئ
- TadabburSlow reflection on the Qur'an, letting a verse work on you instead of passing over it.التَّدَبُّر