12. 
The straight, the imaalah, and the in between
Qaloon reads all words in the Qur’an with 
, or no imaalah at all, except for the word 
 in aayah 109 of surah At-Tawbah
There are some circumstantial rules as to the reading of the word 
 with 
.  If one is reading the riwaayah of Qaloon with two vowel counts (
) of 
and not making 
, then the the word 
 is read with taqleel.  If one is reading with two vowel counts of 
 and making 
, the word 
 is read with 
 (no imaalah at all).  If one is reading 
 with four counts and putting a sukoon on the plural meem when reading continuously (not making 
) then the word 
 is read without any imaalah (
); if however one is reading 
 with four vowel counts and lengthening a dhammah on the plural meem when continuing (making 
), then the word 
 is read with 
. 
The following chart summarizes the circumstances under which the word 
 is read with 
 in the riwaayah of Qaloon:
 