Letter 24 of 29
Meem
Transliterated “m”
م
Its four forms
An Arabic letter changes shape depending on where it sits in a word. All four are the same letter.
- Isolated
- م
- Initial
- مـ
- Medial
- ـمـ
- Final
- ـم
Where it comes from
Both lips, with nasal resonance
Lips closed, sound through the nose. Every meem carries some ghunnah.
More on this articulation point →Qualities
- Tawassut
- Jahr
- Ghunnah
Joining: Joins to the letter that follows it.
Common mistakes
- Opening the lips too early
- Dropping the ghunnah on a doubled meem
In the Quran
- 78:1عَمَّMeem with shaddah, two counts