What is the abjad system?

Abjad, or hisab al-jummal, is the traditional Arabic practice of assigning a number to each letter. The first nine letters are 1 to 9, the next nine are 10 to 90, and the rest run 100 to 1000. Summing the letters of a word gives its abjad value, used historically for chronograms, dates, and numerology.

Which abjad order does this use?

It uses the standard Eastern (Mashriqi) order: أ=1, ب=2, ج=3, د=4, ه=5, و=6, ز=7, ح=8, ط=9, ي=10, ك=20, ل=30, م=40, ن=50, س=60, ع=70, ف=80, ص=90, ق=100, ر=200, ش=300, ت=400, ث=500, خ=600, ذ=700, ض=800, ظ=900, غ=1000. The Western (Maghribi) order differs for several letters and is not used here.

How are hamza and alif variants counted?

All alif and hamza-bearing forms (ا أ إ آ ء ئ ؤ) reduce to the value 1, and ta marbuta (ة) counts as 5 like ha (ه). This matches conventional abjad practice where the carrier seat does not change the value.

What is the digital root shown?

The digital root is the single digit you reach by repeatedly adding the digits of the total. For example 92 gives 9+2=11, then 1+1=2. Numerologists often reduce an abjad sum this way; it is shown for convenience alongside the full total.

Are vowel marks counted?

No. Short-vowel harakat, tanwin, shadda, sukun, the dagger alif, and the tatweel elongation mark carry no abjad value and are stripped before counting, so only the consonantal skeleton contributes to the sum.

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The abjad value of Arabic words

Long before Arabic adopted Indian numerals, letters doubled as numbers under the abjad (hisab al-jummal) system. Poets encoded dates as chronograms, scribes numbered lists, and the values still appear in numerology and decorative inscriptions. This tool sums the abjad value of any Arabic text you enter and shows how each letter contributes.

How it works

Every Arabic consonant maps to a fixed value. The tool strips diacritics, looks up each remaining letter in the abjad table, and adds the values:

محمد -> م(40) + ح(8) + م(40) + د(4) = 92

The first nine letters cover 1-9, the next nine cover the tens 10-90, then the hundreds 100-900, and finally غ=1000. The order is the Eastern (Mashriqi) sequence, the most widely used. Alongside the total, the tool computes the digital root by repeatedly summing the digits down to one digit (92 to 9+2=11 to 1+1=2).

Notes and example

Only the consonantal skeleton counts, so “محمد” (Muhammad) sums to 92 regardless of how it is vowelled. Hamza seats and alif variants all count as 1, and ta marbuta counts as 5. If you study Hebrew gematria too, the same letter-as-number idea drives the Hebrew Biblical vowel and numeral tools in this collection.