The sun letters الحروف الشمسية and The moon letters الحروف القمرية

 

The sun letters الحروف الشمسية and The moon letters الحروف القمرية

The Arabic letters are divided into two groups:

1. The sun letters الحروف الشمسية al-horoof ash-shamseyyah.
2. The moon letters الحروف القمرية al-horoof al-qamareyyah.

If we are reading Arabic we do not pronounce the letter “ال” it will silent (Alif Lam) after “ال”

But we do pronounce the letter"ل" when the prefix “ال” is added to a moon letter. Example: The book الكتاب al-ketab.

*Note that the difference is only for the pronunciation, and you write the “ال” in both cases.

There are 28 consonants in the Arabic alphabet. There are 14 Sun Letters and 14 Sun Letters

 

The sun letters الحروف الشمسية

The 14 Sun-letters are: (ﻥ ,ﻝ ,ﻅ ,ﻁ ,ﺽ ,ﺹ ,ﺵ ,ﺱ ,ﺯ ,ﺭ ,ﺫ ,ﺩ ,ﺙ ,ﺕ).

Note there is a Most important sign of Sun letter we find a tashdeed ّon the letter after the “ال” these are some examples:

 

The moon letters الحروف القمرية

The 14 Moon-letters are: ( ه ,ﻱ ,ﻭ ,ﻡ ,ﻙ ,ﻕ ,ﻑ ,ﻍ ,ﻉ ,ﺥ ,ﺡ ,ﺝ ,ﺏ ,أ). Arabs usually memorize this rhyme that contains all the Moon-letters.

ُاِبْغِ حَجَّكَ وَخَفْ عَقِيْمَه  (which roughly translates to: ‘Perform Haj and be vary of quarrel’).

Examples of words that begin with moon letters are: