Arabic for Beginners: Arabic Vowels

In the name of Allah

Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu

 

In previous post we learnt the Arabic Alphabet, so let's learn Arabic vowels now.

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                Vowels (harakha)

In English we have 5 vowels a,e,I,o & u

 

In Arabic we have only 3

Unlike English as vowels are letters from the alphabets, in Arabic, we have distinct signs as vowels and they are:

Fatha	َ	أَ	It is written as a line on top of the letter, and it has the sound of (a) With the upper and lower jaws get apart.
Kasra	ِ	إِ	It is similar to the fatha, but it is written on the bottom of a letter, and it has the sound (e) with the lower jaws gets down.
Dhamma	ُ	أُ	It is like a small (waw) and has the sound of (O) With the lips entirely circled.

It is noticed that when we add vowel in Arabic it is different from English, we do not add them after a letter, but on top or below a letter;

 

Dhamma and Fatha will be at the top of the letter, and Kasra will be bellow the letter.

Practical examples on how to pronounce:

Haraka = short vowel

Fatha

فَتحة

h at, NOT HEAT( NO ELONGATION)	ه َت
English: Write & Read from(left to right) >FIRST LETTER>SECOND LETTER>	Arabic: Write& read from(right & upwards) ^ ^(FIRST LETTER, HRAKHA)^
" أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمْ بِمَا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ ( سورة البقرة آية 76) فَ تَ حَ

 

Kasra

كَسرَة

S IT, NOT SEAT( NO ELONGATION)	سِ ت

 

Dhamma

ضَمةَ

B OOK, NOT CHOOSE( NO ELONGATION)	بُ ك
P UT	بُ ت
يَهْدِي بِهِ اللَّهُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوَانَهُ سُبُلَ السَّلَامِ ( سورة المائدة آية16) سُ بُ لُ

يَا أَيُّهَا  لذِينَ آمَنُواْ

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ(183). سورة البقرة.

كُ تِ بَ

 

كُتِبَ 

MEANS :IT WAS WRITTEN OR DESCRIBED

No Vowel (SUKOON)

سكون

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ha t ba ck	هَ تْ بَ كْ
	It is pronounced as a stop & represented by a little circle on top of the letter
ا هْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيم َ(الفاتحة) ق ُلْ إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ ﴿سورة الملك ٢٦﴾