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Arabic to English letters
Type or paste vowelled Arabic and see how each word is pronounced in English letters. Try a Quran verse or a dua.
This text has few harakat, so the pronunciation will be incomplete. For the best result use Arabic with fatha, kasra and damma.
Guide to the special letters
| ḥ | ح | a deep, breathy h from the throat |
| ʿ | ع | ʿayn, a tight sound in the throat |
| ’ | ء | hamza, a short catch in the voice |
| ṣ ḍ ṭ ẓ | ص ض ط ظ | heavy (emphatic) sounds |
| th / dh | ث / ذ | as in “think” and “this” |
| aa, ii, uu | ا ي و | long vowels |
Why not stop at English letters?
English letters help at the start, but several Arabic sounds do not exist in English. Learning the alphabet takes about ten days with Harf, and then you can read the Arabic itself.
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