Arabic Letters (Alif to Yäw) with Fätihah – Basic 3 Islamic Studies Lesson Note (First Term)

What We Will Learn Today

• How to pronounce Arabic letters from Alif to Yäw
• The sounds of each letter
• Practice with words from Sūrat al-Fätihah

Arabic Letters and Their Sounds

Learn these letters and their sounds:

Practice with Sūrat al-Fätihah

Let’s find these letters in the opening of al-Fätihah:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ Bismillähir-rahmänir-rahīm (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful)

Letters we can see:

• ب (Bä) in بِسْمِ
• س (Sīn) in بِسْمِ
• م (Mīm) in بِسْمِ
• ا (Alif) in اللَّهِ
• ل (Läm) in اللَّهِ
• ه (Hä) in اللَّهِ
• ر (Rä) in الرَّحْمَٰنِ
• ح (Hä) in الرَّحْمَٰنِ
• ن (Nūn) in الرَّحْمَٰنِ
• ي (Yä) in الرَّحِيمِ

EXERCISES

1. Write the sound for each letter:

1. ب = ____
2. ت = ____
3. ر = ____
4. س = ____
5. م = ____

1. Circle the letters you can find in بِسْمِ:

ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي

1. Match the letter with its name:

1. ا → Mīm
2. ب → Alif
3. م → Bä
4. ل → Läm

1. True or False:

1. Alif sounds like “a” in father. ( )
2. Rä is a rolled “r” sound. ( )
3. Sīn sounds like “sh”. ( )
4. Mīm sounds like “m”. ( )

1. Practice Time: Copy these letters 3 times each and say their sounds:

ا ا ا ب ب ب
م م م ل ل ل

Memory Work: Practice saying “Bismillähir-rahmänir-rahīm” slowly and clearly.