Dr. ‘Â’iḍ ibn ‘Abdullah al-Qarni - Dont Be Sad

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC PUBLISHING HOUSE

Islam Psychology

2- Anxiety

3- Sadness

Religious Aspect Islam

I- Title

Arabic script

Pronunciation

Transliterated form

short a, as in cat

a

longer a, as in cab (not as in cake )

/b/ as in bell , rubber and tab

b

/t/ as in tap , mustard and sit

t

takes the sound of the preceding diacritical mark sometimes ending in h (when in pausal form): ah, ih or ooh; or atu(n), ati(n) or ata(n) when
uninterrupted

h or t
(when
followed
by another
Arabic word)

/th/ as in thing , maths and wealth

th

/j/ as in jam , ajar and age

j

a harsher sound than the English initial /h/, and may occur medially and in word-final position as well

as in Bach (in German); may occur initially and medially as well

kh

/d/ as in do , muddy and red

d

as in this , father and smooth

dh

/r/ as in raw , arid and war ; may also be a rolled r, as pronounced in Spanish

r

/z/ as in zoo , easy and gaze

z

/s/ as in so , messy and grass

s

as in ship , ashes and rush

sh

no close equivalent in English, but may be approximated by pronouncing it as /sw/ or /s/ farther back in the mouth

no close equivalent in English, but may be approximated by pronouncing it as /d/ farther back in the mouth

no close equivalent in English, but may be approximated by pronouncing it as /t/ farther back in the mouth

no close equivalent in English, but may be approximated by pronouncing the farther back in the mouth

dh

no close equivalent in English: a guttural sound in the back of the throat

no close equivalent in English, but may be closely approximated by pronouncing it like the French /r/ in rouge

gh

/f/ as in fill , effort and muff

f

no close equivalent in English, but may be approximated by pronouncing it as /k/ farther back in the mouth

q

/k/ as in king , buckle and tack

k

/l/ as in lap , halo ; in the word Allah , it becomes velarized as in ball

l

/m/ as in men , simple and ram

m

/n/ as in net , ant and can

n

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/h/ as in hat ; unlike /h/ in English, in Arabic /h/ is pronounced in medial and word-final positions as well

h

as in wet and away

w

long u, as in boot and too

oo

as in yard and mayo

y

long e, as in eat , beef and see

ee

glottal stop: may be closely approximated by pronouncing it like t in the Cockney English pronunciation of butter : buer , or the stop sound in uh-oh!

(omitted in
initial
position)

long o, as in owe , boat and go

au, aw

long a, as in aid , rain and say

ay, ai, ei

Name of mark

Pronunciation

Transliterated form

fatah

very short a or schwa (unstressed vowel)

a

kasrah

shorter version of ee or schwa (unstressed vowel)

i

ammah

shorter version of oo

u

shaddah

a doubled consonant is stressed in the word, and the length of the sound is also doubled

double
letter

sukoon

no vowel sound between consonants or at the end of a word

absence
of vowel

(the Exalted)

Used after the mention of God/Allah to express: Glorified and Exalted is He

(bpuh)

Blessings and peace be upon him ; used after mention of the Prophet Muhammad

(pbuh)

Peace be upon him ; used after mention of any prophet or after mention of Angel Gabriel