Do you want to learn the Arabic alphabet for free? This page brings together everything you need to start, at no cost: a free interactive app, learning videos and writing files to download. Enough to read your first Arabic letters today.
How to learn, step by step
For the best results, alternate between the videos and the app:
- Watch video 1, then do Part 1 of the app (the first 11 letters).
- Watch video 2, then do Part 2 of the app (up to the letter ق).
- Watch video 3, then do Part 3 of the app (the rest of the alphabet).
The free app to learn the Arabic alphabet
The videos to learn the Arabic alphabet
The videos are in French. Turn on YouTube subtitles and choose automatic translation to follow them in English.
The writing files to download (free)
These PDF files were prepared for the French edition: the headings are in French, but the Arabic content is the same.
- Writing files — to practise forming the letters
- The complete alphabet — the 28 letters and their four shapes
- Unit 1 — complete beginners — reading and writing step by step
- Unit 1 — for those who already read the script
- Alphabet board game — revise while playing
The printed workbook
Would you rather write on real paper? The Arabic Writing Workbook follows exactly this progression, over 48 pages: one page per letter with its four shapes, a model to trace and writing lines, then the vowels, the special spellings, the complete rules of the hamza, and finally the copying of verses. Every word and every sentence is translated.
Going further
Once you can read the letters, the next step is the language itself: Qur’anic Arabic, a textbook that teaches Arabic directly from the Qur’an, and Modern Arabic.