The letter Mim

مِيم

Where it comes from

All 17 points

Both lips الشفتان

The lips close for bāʾ and mīm and release; for wāw they round without closing.

Mīm also sounds in the nose — that hum is the ghunnah.

Also from here:بBaوWaw

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.

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  1. Stroke 1 of 2: part of the letter's body.
  2. Stroke 2 of 2: part of the letter's body.

All four forms

مIsolated
م‍Initial
‍م‍Medial
‍مFinal

The short gold marks show which sides the letter joins to its neighbours.

Mim connects on both sides, so it has all four forms.

In a word

Isolated

إِسْلَامٌ

islaam

Islam

Initial

مِ‍‍نْ

min

from

Medial

حَ‍‍مْ‍‍دُ

hamd

praise

Final

عِلْ‍‍مٌ

'ilm

knowledge

In the Quran

IsolatedAal-Imran 3:19

إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ

سورة آل عمران

InitialAl-Falaq 113:2

مِ‍‍نْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

سورة الفلق

MedialAl-Fatiha 1:2

الْحَ‍‍مْ‍‍دُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

سورة الفاتحة

FinalAl-Alaq 96:5

عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَ‍‍مْ

سورة العلق

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