al7amdu lilh
praise be to GodThe word, broken down.
اَلْحَمْدُ لِله reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A breathy h from deep in the throat, heavier than an English 'h'.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
A short 'u', written as a small loop above the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
What does al7amdu lilh mean in Arabizi?
al7amdu lilh is how you write اَلْحَمْدُ لِله in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “praise be to God”.
The 7 stands for ح (ḥa): a breathy h, deeper than English h. 7 bends the way ح bends.
For the rest of the chat alphabet, see the Arabizi → Arabic guide. Got it the other way round, with Arabic script to convert? That is the Arabic to Arabizi converter.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 15 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
It sits in the home lesson of our Arabic typing practice course, if you would rather drill it next to the words it turns up with.
Practice typing this word →- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05P→ح
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07L→م
- 08Shift+X→ـْ
- 09]→د
- 10Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 11Space→
- 12G→ل
- 13Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 14G→ل
- 15I→ه