Arabic Lunar and Solar Letters with Audio

The Idea of this lesson to be able to identify and pronounce Solar or lunar letter correctly when it is

The Arabic consists of 28 letters and those letters fall into two categories:

Solar -sun- Letters or

الحروف الشمسية

14 letters

Play The Audio for the pronunciation

Note: The letter “ل“
that come before a solar -sun- letter is silent and the solar letter is pronounced twicea

So we say AShShams Not AlShams

Lunar -Moon- Letters or

الحروف القمرية

14 letters

Play The Audio for the pronunciation

Note: The letter “ل“
that come before a solar -sun- letter is pronounced and the lunar letter is pronounced wit Fatha, kasra or damma.

So we say alqwh
not aqqwh