ۘ

◌ۘ U+06D8, ۘ ARABIC SMALL HIGH MEEM INITIAL FORM ← ◌ۗ [U+06D7] Arabic ◌ۙ → [U+06D9]

Arabic

Etymology

From وَقْفٌ لَازِمٌ (waqfun lāzimun, “necessary pause”).

Punctuation mark

ۘ

1. A diacritic used in the Qur'an to indicate a required pause
   • Qur'an 28:88

     وَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۘ لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ كُلُّ شَيۡءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجۡهَهُۥ ۚ لَهُ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ

     wa-lā tadʕu maʕa llāhi ʔilāhan ʔāḵara lā ʔilāha ʔillā huwa kullu šayʔin hālikun ʔillā wajha-hū la-hu l-ḥukmu wa-ʔilay-hi turjaʕūna

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)