Transcription Table
The printed edition of this paper uses a scholarly transcription with diacritical marks and macrons (e.g. Ḥadīth, Shahādah). This online edition instead follows the simplified transcription used throughout this website, without diacritical marks (e.g. Hadith, Shahadah). The table below shows the Arabic letters with their name and the simplified transcription used on this website.
| Arabic Letter | Name | Simplified Transcription (this website) |
|---|---|---|
| ا | Alif | a |
| ب | Ba' | b |
| د | Dal | d |
| ض | Dad | d |
| ذ | Dhal | dh |
| ف | Fa' | f |
| ج | Jim | j |
| غ | Ghain | gh |
| ه | Ha' | h |
| ح | Ha' (emphatic) | h |
| خ | Kha' | kh |
| ك | Kaf | k |
| ل | Lam | l |
| ل | Lam mufakhkhamah | l |
| م | Mim | m |
| ن | Nun | n |
| ق | Qaf | q |
| ر | Ra' | r |
| س | Sin | s |
| ش | Shin | sh |
| ص | Sad | s |
| ت | Ta' | t |
| ط | Ta' (emphatic) | t |
| ث | Tha' | th |
| و | Waw | w / u |
| ي | Ya' | y / i |
| ز | Zay | z |
| ظ | Za' | dh |
| ء | Hamzah | ' (only within/at the end of a word) |
| ع | 'Ayn | ' |
Short vowels: a, i, u; long vowels: ā, ī, ū – in this online edition, these too are rendered without a macron.
Further notes on the transcription can be found at the end of the printed edition of this paper.