لَام
Where it comes from
All 17 pointsThe tongue edge and gums أدنى حافة اللسان
The nearest edge of the tongue meets the gums above the front teeth, and the air escapes past the sides.
How to write it
The isolated form, shown as one common way to write it — Arabic stroke order is not fixed as rigidly as it is in some scripts.
- Stroke 1 of 1: part of the letter's body.
All four forms
لIsolated
لInitial
لMedial
لFinal
The short gold marks show which sides the letter joins to its neighbours.
Lam connects on both sides, so it has all four forms.
In a word
Isolated
قَوْلٌ
qawl
saying
Initial
لِلَّهِ
lillaahi
to/for Allah
Medial
عِلْم
'ilm
knowledge
Final
قُلْ
qul
say
In the Quran
IsolatedAt-Tariq 86:13
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
سورة الطارق
InitialAl-Fatiha 1:2
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
سورة الفاتحة
MedialAl-Alaq 96:5
عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
سورة العلق
FinalAl-Ikhlas 112:1
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
سورة الإخلاص
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