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The 16 classical Arabic poetry metres (buhur) with their feet, from al-Tawil to al-Mutadarik, the five circles of al-Khalil, the licensed variations, and a verse formatter.
Printable Arabic handwriting tracing sheets: pick letters, sizes and rows, trace the faint letters, and learn all four forms of each letter with a starter word.
Arabic text uses three digit systems: Western (0-9), Eastern Arabic (٠-٩, U+0660) and Persian (۰-۹, U+06F0). Convert any text between them, with separators, so searches and imports stop missing.
Arabic search breaks on أ vs ا, ى vs ي, ة vs ه, tashkeel and tatweel. The five Lucene normalization rules collapse every variant to one form, with a switch for each rule.
Franco-Arabic (Arabizi) turns Arabic into Latin letters and digits: 2 for hamza, 3 for ayn, 7 for haa. Convert it to Arabic script and back, with whole-word matching for the short-vowel problem.
Arabic names have no single official English spelling: محمد appears as Muhammad, Mohammed, Mohamed and more. See the common spellings, and the rule that matters: copy your passport exactly.
Tafqeet spells an amount in Arabic words for cheques: units before tens, 3 to 10 flipping gender, the noun by last digits. Eight currencies, fractions with subunits, up to just under one trillion.
Poland's AI Act has been in force since Aug 11, 2026. On Oct 28, its enforcement half switches on: inspections, complaints, and fines up to EUR 35 million. Here is what changes, in plain terms.
Pakistan proposed a ban on deceptive election deepfakes on October 25, 2026, and the EU bans AI systems that generate non-consensual intimate imagery from December 2, 2026. Here is what each rule covers, and how to check a suspicious video.
Hisn al-Muslim, compiled by Sa'id ibn Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani in 1988, holds 132 chapters of duas from the Quran and the Sunnah. Browse a selection of 24 duas by moment of day, each with Arabic, transliteration, translation and source, plus a tap counter.
Hajj 2027 is expected 14 to 19 May 2027, with Arafah on 15 May. The rites in order for Tamattu, Qiran and Ifrad, the five miqat stations, a day by day plan, a checklist and an editable cost planner.
Umm al-Qura puts Fajr at 18.5 degrees and Isha 90 minutes after Maghrib. Other methods draw the lines differently, which is why apps disagree. Here is how to read the method and match your mosque timetable with the free Cubbbix Prayer Times Calculator.