The book places qāf (ق) at the back of the tongue against the upper palate: aqṣā al-lisān. Identify the rear-tongue contact rather than trying to make the front of the tongue do the work.
Practice قَ، قِ، قُ، أَقْ. Qāf should not collapse into kāf; the book assigns kāf the neighboring, fifth point.
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Point 4: Back of tongue — qāf
Makhārij al-Ḥurūf — The Fifteen Articulation Points
The book places qāf (ق) at the back of the tongue against the upper palate: aqṣā al-lisān. Identify the rear-tongue contact rather than trying to make the front of the tongue do the work.
Practice قَ، قِ، قُ، أَقْ. Qāf should not collapse into kāf; the book assigns kāf the neighboring, fifth point.