نُون
Where it comes from
All 17 pointsThe tongue tip, with the nose طرف اللسان
The tip of the tongue touches the gums just above the front teeth, a little forward of lām, while the sound runs out through the nose.
Nūn also sounds in the nose — that hum is the ghunnah.
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 2: part of the letter's body.
- Stroke 2 of 2: a dot, added after the body is finished.
All four forms
The short gold marks show which sides the letter joins to its neighbours.
Nun connects on both sides, so it has all four forms.
Same shape, different dots
Joined inside a word these are written identically — only the dots tell them apart. Their isolated forms differ, which is why the alphabet separates them.
In a word
Isolated
قُرْآنٌ
qur'aan
Quran
Initial
نَعْبُدُ
na'bud
we worship
Medial
بِنْت
bint
daughter
Final
دِينِ
deen
religion
In the Quran
شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ
سورة البقرة
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
سورة الفاتحة
رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ
سورة البينة
لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
سورة الكافرون
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