Meem Saakin Rules

Ikhfa Shafawi إِخْفَاء شَفَوِيّ

Lip concealment — meem saakin + ba.

When meem saakin is followed by ba, the lips close lightly on the meem with a 2-count ghunnah, then open into the ba. The two letters share the same articulation point (both lips), making this a "labial concealment."

Quran examples

هُم بِالْآخِرَةِ

Meem saakin + ba → ikhfa shafawi. · 2:4

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