حَاء
Where it comes from
All 17 pointsThe middle of the throat وسط الحلق
Halfway up the throat. ʿAyn constricts it and lets the voice through; ḥāʾ narrows the same spot with no voice, a clear hot whisper.
How to write it
The isolated form, shown as one common way to write it — Arabic stroke order is not fixed as rigidly as it is in some scripts.
- Stroke 1 of 2: part of the letter's body.
- Stroke 2 of 2: part of the letter's body.
All four forms
The short gold marks show which sides the letter joins to its neighbours.
Ha connects on both sides, so it has all four forms.
Same shape, different dots
These letters share one skeleton — only the dots tell them apart.
Often confused with
In a word
Isolated
رُوحٌ
ruuh
spirit
Initial
حَسَد
hasad
envy
Medial
سُبْحَان
subhaan
glory be
Final
فَتْحُ
fath
opening/victory
In the Quran
تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أَمْرٍ
سورة القدر
وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ
سورة الفلق
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا
سورة البقرة
إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ
سورة النصر
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