22/07/2026
The Letters of Qalqalah are Five:
Qaf (ق), Ta (ط), Ba (ب), Jeem (ج), and Dal (د)
They are commonly remembered by the phrase:
Qutbu Jadd (قُطْبُ جَدٍ)
How is Qalqalah Pronounced?
When any of these five letters carries a Sukoon (ْ) or becomes silent due to stopping (Waqf), it is pronounced with a light echoing or bouncing sound without adding any vowel (Fatha, Kasra, or Damma).
Examples:
قَدْ (Qad)
أَحَدْ (Ahad)
يَجْعَلْ (Yaj'al)
اقْرَأْ (Iqra')
يَطْمَعُ (Yatma'u)
Note:
If a Qalqalah letter has a vowel (Fatha, Kasra, or Damma), Qalqalah is not applied.
Qalqalah Sughra (Minor Qalqalah): When a Qalqalah letter with Sukoon appears in the middle of a word.
Qalqalah Kubra (Major Qalqalah): When stopping at the end of a word causes a Qalqalah letter to become silent, making the echoing sound more noticeable.
References:
Al-Muqaddimah Al-Jazariyyah – Chapter on Makharij and Characteristics of Letters.
Tuhfat-ul-Atfal – Chapter on the Characteristics of Letters.
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