كَاف
Where it comes from
All 17 pointsThe back of the tongue, hard palate أقصى اللسان مع الحنك الصلب
Slightly forward of qāf: the back of the tongue meets the harder part of the roof and releases.
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: the extra mark that completes the letter.
All four forms
The short gold marks show which sides the letter joins to its neighbours.
Kaf connects on both sides, so it has all four forms.
Often confused with
In a word
Isolated
إِيَّاكَ
iyyaaka
You (alone)
Initial
كَوْثَر
kawthar
abundance
Medial
حُكْم
hukm
judgment
Final
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
In the Quran
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
سورة الفاتحة
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدِّينِ
سورة الانفطار
أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ
سورة التين
فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ
سورة الكوثر
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