طَاء
Where it comes from
All 17 pointsThe tongue tip and tooth roots طرف اللسان وأصول الثنايا
The tip presses against the roots of the upper front teeth — where the tooth enters the gum — and cuts the air off. Ṭāʾ, dāl and tāʾ are all made exactly here.
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.
Taa 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
صِرَاطٌ
siraat
path
Initial
طَرِيق
tareeq
path/way
Medial
مَطْلَع
matla'
rising
Final
قِسْطٌ
qist
justice
In the Quran
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ
سورة الفاتحة
فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا
سورة طه
سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ
سورة القدر
وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ
سورة الرحمن
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