The Arabic Alphabet

ﺍ )alif

ﺍ بﺍ ب bā)

ﺍ ب ﺕﺍ ب ﺕ tā)

ﺍ ب ﺕ ﺙﺍ ب ﺕ ﺙ θā)

ﺝ jīm

ﺝ ﺡ ḥā)ḥā)

ﺝ ﺡ ﺥ ḫā)ḫā)

ﺩ dāl

ﺩ ﺫ ðāl

ﺩ ﺫ ﺭ rā)

ﺩ ﺫ ﺭ ﺯ zāy

ﺱ sīn

ﺱ ﺵ šīn

ﺹ ṣād

ﺹ ﺽ ḍād

ﻁ ṭā)ṭā)

ﻁ ﻅ ðā)

ﻉ (ain

ﻉ ﻍ ġain

ﻑ fā)

ﻑ ﻕ qāf

ﻙ kāf

ﻙ ﻝ lām

ﻙ ﻝ ﻡ mīm

ﻙ ﻝ ﻡ ﻥ nūn

ﻩ hā)

ﻩ ﻭ wāw

ﻩ ﻭ ﻱ yā)

ء Hamzah

أ ء Hamzah sits on the

أ ﺇ ء )alif, or the (or underneath the )alif)

ء ء line, or the

ء ﺊ ء line, or the yā) or the

ء ﺊ ﺆ ء wāw. ’Cause

ﺍ )alif alone has no

ﺍ ء 

ﺍ ء  )  “ ) ” of its own.

ﺍ ء  = א  )  “ ) ” of its own.

ﺍ It’s only a

ﺍ ā = long a-class vowel.