The document introduces the third letter (Taa) in the Arabic alphabet. Taa is written with two dots above it and connects to both sides in words. It has three forms: isolated, at the beginning of a word, and in the middle/end of a word. Taa is pronounced with a whisper sound from the tip of the tongue touching the gum line. It has characteristics of weakness, strength, lowering the tongue, separation from the roof of the mouth, and stable articulation. Examples are given of words containing Taa and common pronunciation mistakes provided.

1. Introducing
Arabic Letters :
Taa - ‫ت‬
The Third Letter in the Arabic
Alphabet
‫ت‬

2. Name : Taa - ‫ت‬
Basic Appearance : Taa - ‫ت‬ follows the basic shape of ‫ب‬ but has two dots on top
instead of one underneath..
How Taa- ‫ت‬ is written in a word differs according to it’s position in the word.‫ت‬ is
connectable to both sides. It takes three forms depending on its position in the word:
Taa in isolated form : ‫ت‬
Taa at the beginning of a word : ‫َر‬‫ﻣ‬َ‫ﺗ‬
Taa in the middle of a word : ‫َر‬‫ﺗ‬ْ‫ﻋ‬َ‫ز‬
Taa at the end of a word : ‫ت‬ ْ
‫ُو‬‫ﺗ‬
The Letter Taa - At a Glance

3. ‫ت‬ - in different
shapes

4. ‫ف‬َ‫ر‬َ‫ط‬
‫ن‬َ‫ﺎ‬‫ﺳ‬ِ‫ﻠ‬‫ﻟ‬‫ا‬

5. Makhraj of Taa - ‫ت‬
The tip of the
Tongue (‫اﻟﻠﺳﺎن‬ ‫)طرف‬ touches
the gum line of the upper
central incisors while the
back portion of the tongue
is lowered.
‫ت‬

6. Makhraj of Taa - ‫ت‬

7. Sifaat/
Characteristics
of
Taa - ‫ت‬ 1. Hams - ‫ْس‬‫ﻣ‬َ‫ھ‬
2. Shiddah - ‫ﱠة‬‫د‬ِ‫ﺷ‬
3. Istifaal - ‫َﺎل‬‫ﻔ‬ِ‫ﺗ‬ْ‫ِﺳ‬‫إ‬
4. Infitaah - ‫َﺎح‬‫ﺗ‬ِ‫ﻔ‬ْ‫ﻧ‬ِ‫إ‬
5. Ismaat - ‫َﺎت‬‫ﻣ‬ْ‫ِﺻ‬‫إ‬

8. Sifaat/ Characteristics of Taa - ‫ت‬
• Linguistically : The
Concealment (Whisper).
• Technically : Running of
breath when pronouncing the
letter due to its weakness in its
origin, which happens due to
the weakness in its reliance on
its makhraj / articulation
point.
Hams - ‫س‬ْ‫َﻣ‬‫ھ‬ Shiddah - ‫ﱠة‬‫د‬ِ‫ﺷ‬
• Literally : Strength.
• Technically : Imprisonment
of the running of the sound
while pronouncing a letter
due to complete reliance on
its articulation point /
makhraj.

9. Sifaat/ Characteristics of Taa - ‫ت‬
• Literally means - Lowering or
dropping.
• Technically means - keeping
the tongue lowered from the
roof of the mouth while
pronouncing a letter.
Istifaal - ‫َﺎل‬‫ﻔ‬ِ‫ﺗ‬ْ‫ِﺳ‬‫إ‬ Infitaah - ‫َﺎح‬‫ﺗ‬ِ‫ﻔ‬ْ‫ﻧ‬ِ‫إ‬
• Literally means - Separation.
• Technically means - keeping the
tongue separated from the roof of
the mouth while pronouncing a
letter. Or,
The absence of compression of
the sound of the Infitaah letters
between the tongue and the roof
of the mouth.

10. Ismaat -
‫ت‬‫ﺎ‬َ‫ﻣ‬ْ‫ﺻ‬ِ‫إ‬
• Literally means desistance,
refusal.
• Technically means the
articulation of the letters with
utmost strength and stability
from their makhraj, without
which the letter will not be
articulated. The letter that has
this characteristic is considered
heavier because it doesn't rely
on the tip of the tongue.

11. Exaggeration of the hams cause
a ‫س‬ sound at the ending -
( ْ‫ت‬َ‫ﱢر‬‫ﯾ‬ُ‫ﺳ‬ ُ‫ل‬‫َﺎ‬‫ﺑ‬ِ‫ﺟ‬ْ‫ﻟ‬‫ا‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ِذ‬‫إ‬ َ
‫و‬ )
Making ‫ت‬ thick if
its followed by a
thick letter
( َ‫ن‬ ْ
‫ُو‬‫ﻌ‬َ‫ﻣ‬ْ‫َط‬‫ﺗ‬َ‫ﻓ‬َ‫أ‬ ) .
Not exposing hams
properly when ‫ت‬
carries saakin - ‫ْﻠﻰ‬‫ﺗ‬ُ‫ﺗ‬
Common Errors in Pronouncing Taa - ‫ت‬
Exaggeration of the
hams ,when ‫ت‬ is
mutaharrik - ْ‫م‬ُ‫ﮭ‬ّ‫ﻓ‬ َ
‫َو‬‫ﺗ‬َ‫ﺗ‬

12. Practice some words with the letter - ‫ت‬
ْ‫ُت‬‫ﻣ‬َ‫ﯾ‬َ‫ﻓ‬ , َ‫ْت‬‫ﺛ‬ِ‫ﺑ‬َ‫ﻠ‬َ‫ﻓ‬
َ‫َﻊ‬‫ﺑ‬ْ‫ﺗ‬َ‫ﺄ‬َ‫ﻓ‬ , ْ‫ت‬َ‫ر‬ِ‫ُﺷ‬‫ﺣ‬
ْ‫َر‬‫ﮭ‬ْ‫ﻘ‬َ‫ﺗ‬ , ْ‫ِر‬‫ﺑ‬ْ‫َﺻ‬‫ﺗ‬
ُ‫ﻊ‬َ‫ﺟ‬ْ‫ُر‬‫ﺗ‬ , ُ‫ْت‬‫ﺑ‬ُ‫ﺗ‬
َ‫ِد‬‫ﺟ‬َ‫ﺗ‬ , ُ‫ر‬َ‫َذ‬‫ﺗ‬َ‫أ‬ َ‫َت‬‫ﻛ‬َ‫ﺳ‬ , َ‫َﺢ‬‫ﺗ‬َ‫ﻓ‬