Twenty-nine letters, their four shapes, and the exact place in the mouth each one is made.
Tap a letter to hear it, see its four shapes, and find where in the mouth or throat it is made. Brass letters are the seven heavy ones — خُصَّ ضَغْطٍ قِظْ.
A letter changes shape depending on where it sits in a word. Seven letters never join to the letter after them — ا د ذ ر ز و ء. That is why words sometimes break in the middle.
| Letter | Alone | Start | Middle | End |
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A letter on its own has no sound yet. The haraka gives it one. Pick a mark, then tap any letter.
Once letters carry harakat they join into words. Tap a word to pull it apart and see which shape each letter took, right to left.
Five letters a day beats all twenty-nine at once. Open a letter, say it aloud from the makhraj shown, then mark it as known. The counter above keeps your place between visits.
Say it out loud, every time. Reading a letter silently trains your eye but not your mouth, and it is the mouth that recites.
The seven heavy letters are where most readers slip. They need the back of the tongue raised — if yours sound the same as their light neighbours, that is the first thing a teacher will correct.
No sound? This device has no Arabic voice installed. Everything else works. On iPhone or iPad you can add one under Settings › Accessibility › Spoken Content › Voices › Arabic.
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