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The divine name as one glyph.
Also known as: Name of God ligature
The Arabic ligature writing the name of God as a single connected form.
Writes the Arabic name of God as a single ligated form.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Carries the dagger alif rather than a written alif, so the ligature is also the standard illustration of that mark's use.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Used as an emblem in architecture, on flags and in ornament independently of running text, where it functions as an identifying mark rather than as a word.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Four letters written as one connected form, the two lāms rising together beneath a dagger alif with the hāʾ closing beneath.
The ligature is written with the superscript alif rather than a full one.