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Learn the Arabic alphabet

All 28 letters, one at a time. Hear each letter's name and its three vowel sounds, see where it's made in your mouth, and watch how its shape changes inside real words.

Letter 1 of 28
ا

alif

ألف

say it like alif

Letter names and words were made with an AI voice and each approved by ear — not a reciter. A word without an approved recording yet is read by your device's own voice.

A word to remember it

Try it with the vowels

These vowel sounds were made with an AI voice, and each one was listened to and approved by a person before it went here. Still not a reciter — learn them properly from a teacher.

Where it's made in the mouth
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How its shape changes in a word

All 28 letters

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The path to reading

Qaida is the traditional first step to reading the Qur'an: the letters, then their shapes and vowel marks, then joining them into words, then short verses. This page is the first three steps.

  1. 1
    The 28 lettersEach one's name, its sound, and where it's made in the mouth.
    On this page
  2. 2
    How a letter changes shapeAt the start, in the middle, and at the end of a word.
    On this page
  3. 3
    The three short vowelsFatha, kasra and damma, on every letter.
    On this page
  4. 4
    Joining letters into wordsHear a short word, then spell it from letter-and-vowel tiles.
    Not here yet
  5. 5
    Short versesReading from the Qur'an itself.
    Not here yet

Carry on in the app

Once the letters have settled, Wahy keeps going: a few verses of Qur'an a day with a reciter to follow word by word, Tajwīd lessons in four stages, and one Qur'anic word every day. Get early access.