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Letter Alif is the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, is belongs to partial- connecting group of letters -  this letter can only  be connected from it right side.   A glottal stop, like 'a' in apple 'i' in ink 'u' in umlaut

The sound of letter Alif and Hamza is identical.  The Holy Qur'an printed in sub-continent Indo-Pakistan  instead of  printing  Hamzah over Alif (where a hamzah comes in the middle of a word and is shown riding an Alif such as  ) it is simply denoted by sukun sign and Hamzah is pronounced.  But in the copies of the Holy Qur'an  printed in Egypt, Turkey,  Saudi Arabic and elsewhere a Hazah with a sukun is actually printed over Alif and  this is in fact, is the correct script. example

Similar shape group    None      

Letter Alif  is  pronounced from the emptiness in the mouth   

 

     

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