🌙 Moon letter
ا
Alif
أَلِف
/ā / a/
Hear its name: الٓمٓSurah Al-Baqarah · 2:1
Pronunciation
Glottal stop or long 'a'
Articulation point: The open space of the mouth and throat (al-jawf) as a long vowel; the deepest part of the throat as hamzah
Letter forms
ا
Alone
ا
Beginning
ـا
Middle
ـا
End
In the Quran
Listen to Alif at the beginning, middle and end of real Quranic words.
Beginning
aḥadun · the One
أَحَدٌ
112:1
Middle
qāla · he says
قَالَ
83:13
End
mā · what
مَا
78:40
Recitation from the Quran