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BASIC TABLE

Arabic Translitletter eration

ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT NOTES

Example (** means no direct equivalent in

English language)

Arabic TranslitExample
letter eration

'
b

** (Hamzah) 'Allah:
bless

a
aa

** tawbah:

kasrah (zair) sound as in bi =

** kaw-ar:

ee

kasrah followed by yaa; bee =

keen; seen)

u
oo

Dhamma (pesh) sound as in bu =

Dhamma followed by waaw; boo =
(as in zoo; tool)

kh
d

just
** raeem :
** maa khala:

fathah (zabar) sound as in ba =

fathah followed by alif; baa =

(as in

Madd

** (french d) Al-amdu lillaahi:

aaa

(madd sound): aaalleeen:

A`oou billahi:

eee

(madd sound): feee'aa-aani-him

(spanish r) Ar-raheem:

ooo

(madd sound)

zoo

sit

aw

sh

show

ay

** iraa :

** wa la-aaalleeen:

'a

Hamzah with fathah; 'Allah:

** iraaal Musta-eem:

'i

Hamzah with kasrah; 'ila =

** ulm:

; 'alama:

'u

Hamzah with dhamma; 'unzila =

** `alaa:

; ja-`ala:

** ayril maubi:

kaw-ar:
(the sound should like than
in SOUTH)
rayba
; As per the rules above rayba
should be pronounced as ryeba.
ar

;yr = yar

; ra`-d :

Note this carefully!

.yk sa yak dna ym sa decnuonorp

eb dluohs yam ;yar = y + )

'

.)eson eht morf dnuos gnol(

hannug a htiw decnuonorp eb dluohs )n-n ro nn( n elbuod dna )m-m ro mm( m elbuoD .ecrof elbuod a htiw detaeper
eb dluohs yehT .).cte ,l-l ,b-b .xe( meht neewteb ni hsad a htiw sa nwohs era deedhsaT stneserper detaeper drow ynA
.)noitaicnunorp kciht ro htuom-lluf( meehkfaT ylpmi srettel l dna r dloB .noitatouq a fo trats eht ta desu
sa ,) ( si ) (nya rof ngis ehT .noitatouq a fo dne eht ta hsilgnE ni desu sa ,) ( si hazmah fo ngis ehT
.rehcaet a morf snoitaicnunorp rieht nrael ot evah uoY .nmuloc elpmaxE eht ni sdrow hcus ot txen decalp si )**(
rats elbuod A .hsilgnE ni tnelaviuqe tcerid yna evah ton od cibarA ni sdrow emoS .meeM si rettel eht fo eman eht ;
rettel fo dnuos eht stneserper m ,elpmaxe roF .rettel a fo eman eht ton dna dnuos eht stneserper woleb nevig yek ehT

TRANSLITERATION TABLE

Be careful with `ayn !!!

;
`
`a

fit

ta`budoon :
`alaa:

; ta`lamoon :

; ja-`ala:

** ur'aan:

`i

`ilm:

king

`u

fil`uad:

lamp

`aa

`aabidoon:

man

`ee

`eed mubarak:

night

`oo

A`oou billahi:

water

Ikhfaa Rules for noon &meem.

health

noon with ikhfaa (Tajweed ); noon needs

to be suppressed) mi-sharr

yatch

meem with ikhfaa (Tajweed );

tarmeehi-bi-hijaarah: