Learn Arabic & Tajweed

The Alphabet

Tap a letter to see its shapes and hear it. The letters are in the traditional order, read from right to left.

اalif بbāʾ تtāʾ ثthāʾ جjīm حḥāʾ خkhāʾ دdāl ذdhāl رrāʾ زzāy سsīn شshīn صṣād ضḍād طṭāʾ ظẓāʾ عʿayn غghayn فfāʾ قqāf كkāf لlām مmīm نnūn هhāʾ وwāw يyāʾ

Heavy letter
Heavy or light, by its vowel

And the hamza

Not counted among the 28, but read as a letter of its own. It sits on the line or on a seat: an alif, a wāw or a yāʾ.