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Alif

ألف

Letter 1 of 28 · Air Lettersحروف الجوف

Pronounced like "a" in "father".

When it carries a hamza (أ), it becomes a glottal stop. Alif does not connect to the following letter.

a / āTransliteration
Not afterConnects
AirGroup

Four shapes, one letter

اIsolated
اInitial
ـاMedial
ـاFinal

This letter never connects to the letter after it, so its initial and medial shapes are the same as the isolated one.

Allah (God)Tap the word to hear it from the QuranAl-Fatihah 1:1

With the vowelstap to hear the letter

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