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letter-introduction · Lesson 01

Letter: Alif

ا

ا

Alif · الأَلِف

How it joins · الاتصال

  • اIsolated
  • اـInitial
  • ـاـMedial
  • ـاFinal

The shape rendered above each label is the same letter in four typographic positions. Modern Arabic fonts perform this contextual shaping automatically.

Articulated from · المَخْرَج

Hollow of the mouth (al-jawf)

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In the Qur’an · في القرآن

  • اللَّه

    Allāh · God

    1:1
  • إِيَّاكَ

    iyyāka · (it is) You alone

    1:5
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