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Reading Basics

پڑھنے کی بنیادیں

Learn how letters join and form words — then read your first Urdu sentences.

Step 1

How Letters Join

Most Urdu letters connect to each other in a word. But some letters never connect forward — these are called 'non-connectors'.

Letter Initial Medial Final Example Word Meaning
ببــبــبکتابKitaab — Book
پپــپــپپانیPaani — Water
تتــتــتباتBaat — Talk/Matter
ممــمــممحبتMuhabbat — Love
ننــنــنانسانInsaan — Human being
ککــکــکمکانMakaan — House
گگــگــگگھرGhar — Home
للــلــلعلمIlm — Knowledge
ییــیــییادYaad — Memory
ہہــہــہہدایتHidayat — Guidance
Non-Connecting Letters

These letters never connect to the following letter — a small gap appears after them.

ا
Alif
د
Dal
ڈ
Ḍal
ذ
Zal
ر
Re
ڑ
Ṛe
ز
Ze
ژ
Zhe
و
Wao
ء
Hamza
Step 2

Urdu Word Formation

See how Urdu words are built — letter by letter joining together to form meaningful words.

اللہ
Allah
God (The One)
رحمت
Rahmat
Mercy
محبت
Muhabbat
Love
علم
Ilm
Knowledge
صبر
Sabr
Patience
دل
Dil
Heart
زندگی
Zindagi
Life
خدا
Khuda
God
دعا
Dua
Prayer/Supplication
ایمان
Iman
Faith
نماز
Namaz
Prayer (Salah)
روزہ
Roza
Fasting (Sawm)
قرآن
Quran
The Quran
جنت
Jannat
Paradise
برکت
Barkat
Blessing
شکر
Shukar
Gratitude
گھر
Ghar
Home
پانی
Paani
Water
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Urdu words are read right to left — not left to right. Start from the rightmost letter and move left.

Step 3

Your First Urdu Sentences

Read these important Islamic Urdu sentences — phrases you will hear in every Urdu lecture and bayan.

بسم اللہ الرحمٰن الرحیم
Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm
Bismillah in Urdu — written in Nastaliq script
Said before beginning any good action
السلام علیکم ورحمۃ اللہ وبرکاتہ
As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh
The complete Islamic greeting
Used in all Urdu-speaking Muslim communities
اللہ اکبر
Allāhu Akbar
Allah is the Greatest — heard in adhan and salah
Heard constantly in Urdu lectures and during salah
ماشاء اللہ — سبحان اللہ — الحمد للہ
Māshā Allāh — Subḥān Allāh — Al-Ḥamdulillāh
As Allah wills — Glory be to Allah — All praise is for Allah
Daily expressions heard in every Urdu lecture
محمد ﷺ اللہ کے آخری نبی ہیں
Muhammad ﷺ Allah ke aakhri Nabi hain
Muhammad ﷺ is the last Prophet of Allah
A sentence heard in every Urdu Islamic lecture
قرآن اللہ کی کتاب ہے
Quran Allah ki kitaab hai
The Quran is the Book of Allah
Simple Urdu sentence structure: Subject + ki (of) + Object + hai (is)