{"id":1581,"date":"2024-10-09T16:01:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T16:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/awami\/?page_id=1581"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:22:48","slug":"honorifics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/awami\/honorifics\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorific Ligatures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unicode has a number of honorific ligatures. The below chart should aid in understanding in what context they should be used. As new characters, applications may have problems with rendering them in right-to-left text. In some cases, you can correct reading order problems by inserting U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK after the honorific ligature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Unicode Name<\/br>ARABIC LIGATURE … (for prophets)<\/th>\nUSV<\/th>\nGlyph<\/th>\nMeaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
ALAYHI AS-SALAAM<\/td>\nFD47<\/td>\n﵇<\/span><\/td>\nPeace be upon him.<\/br>(The normal honorific used after a prophet’s or an Archangel’s name.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALAYHIM AS-SALAAM<\/td>\nFD48<\/td>\n﵈<\/span><\/td>\nPeace be upon them (masculine plural).<\/br>(Used for two or more prophets.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALAYHIMAA AS-SALAAM<\/td>\nFD49<\/td>\n﵉<\/span><\/td>\nPeace be upon them (both).<\/br>(Used for prophets and angels.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALAYHAA AS-SALAAM<\/td>\nFD4D<\/td>\n﵍<\/span><\/td>\nPeace be upon her.<\/br>(Used after the name of a woman who was the mother of a prophet.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Unicode Name<\/br>ARABIC LIGATURE … (for companions)<\/th>\nUSV<\/th>\nGlyph<\/th>\nMeaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
RADI ALLAAHU ANH<\/td>\nFD41<\/td>\n﵁<\/span><\/td>\nMay God be pleased with him.<\/br>(Used for companions of the prophet.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RADI ALLAAHU ANHAA<\/td>\nFD42<\/td>\n﵂<\/span><\/td>\nMay God be pleased with her.<\/br>(Used for companions of the prophet, and in some regions for others such as Mary or Jesus\u2019 apostles.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RADI ALLAAHU ANHUM<\/td>\nFD43<\/td>\n﵃<\/span><\/td>\nMay God be pleased with them (masculine plural, but can be used for a mixed group of men and women).<\/br>(Used for companions of the prophet.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RADI ALLAAHU ANHUMAA<\/td>\nFD44<\/td>\n﵄<\/span><\/td>\nMay God be pleased with them (both).<\/br>(Used for companions of the prophet.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RADI ALLAAHU ANHUNNA<\/td>\nFD45<\/td>\n﵅<\/span><\/td>\nMay God be pleased with them (feminine).<\/br>(Used for companions of the prophet.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Unicode Name<\/br>ARABIC LIGATURE …<\/th>\nUSV<\/th>\nGlyph<\/th>\nMeaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
RAHMATU ALLAAHI ALAYHIM<\/td>\nFBC6<\/td>\n﯆ <\/span><\/td>\nMay God\u2019s mercy be upon them (masculine plural).<\/br>(Used for relatives or students of companions of the prophet.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAHMATU ALLAAHI ALAYHIMAA<\/td>\nFBC7<\/td>\n﯇<\/span><\/td>\nMay God\u2019s mercy be upon them (masculine and feminine plural).<\/br>(Used for relatives or students of companions of the prophet.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAHIMAHU ALLAAH<\/td>\nFD40<\/td>\n﵀<\/span><\/td>\nMay God\u2019s mercy be upon him.<\/br>(Used for relative(s) or student(s) of companions of the prophet. Can be for any believer who has passed away.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAHIMAHUM ALLAAH<\/td>\nFD4F<\/td>\n\ufd4f <\/span><\/td>\nGod have mercy upon them (masculine).<\/br>(Used for widely recognized scholars. Also used for ordinary believers.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAHMATU ALLAAHI ALAYH<\/td>\nFD90<\/td>\n﶐<\/span><\/td>\nMay God\u2019s mercy be upon him (masculine singular).<\/br>(Used for relative or student of companions of the prophet.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAHMATU ALLAAHI ALAYHAA<\/td>\nFD91<\/td>\n﶑<\/span><\/td>\nMay God\u2019s mercy be upon her (feminine singular).<\/br>(Used for relative or student of companions of the prophet.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SALLALLAHOU ALAYHE WASALLAM<\/td>\nFDFA<\/td>\nﷺ<\/span><\/td>\nThe blessings and peace of God be upon him. <\/br>(Used after the name of a major prophet, especially the prophet of Islam.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JALLAJALALOUHOU<\/td>\nFDFB<\/td>\nﷻ<\/span><\/td>\nMay His glory be glorified.<\/br>(Used after the name of God.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BISMILLAH AR-RAHMAN AR-RAHEEM<\/td>\nFDFD<\/td>\n﷽<\/span><\/td>\nIn the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate.<\/br>(Used as the opening of each action in order to receive blessing from God.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SUBHAANAHU WA TAAALAA<\/td>\nFDFE<\/td>\n﷾<\/span><\/td>\nMay He be praised and exalted (Glorified and Lofty).<\/br>(The most common honorific for God.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AZZA WA JALL<\/td>\nFDFF<\/td>\n\ufdff <\/span><\/td>\nThe Glorified\/Exalted\/Mighty and Sublime (Prestigious and Majestic).<\/br>(The second most common honorific for God.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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Unicode has a number of honorific ligatures. The below chart should aid in understanding in what context they should be used. As new characters, applications may have problems with rendering them in right-to-left text. In some cases, you can correct reading order problems by inserting U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK after the honorific ligature. Unicode NameARABIC LIGATURE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"hide_sidebar":false,"hide_h1":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1581","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/awami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/awami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/awami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/awami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/awami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1581"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/awami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1613,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/awami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1581\/revisions\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/awami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}