How to type ﷺ in Android and iPhone easily - Plus some Arabic Shortcuts
Allah ﷻ instructs us in the Qur’an:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect. 33:56
Translation: Yusuf Ali
“Whoever sends blessings upon me, Allāh will send blessings upon him tenfold.”
Muslim (384).
Therefore, whenever the name of our beloved Nabi Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is mentioned, the Muslim is taught from an early age to chime in with ṣallā -llāhu ʿalayhī wa-sallam. "صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ"
It can be difficult to type it in writing. We pretty end up resorting to abbreviations such as "SAW", "PBUH" etc — well intended but perhaps straying from the ideal Islamic etiquette, adab.
I am going to show you how to make this an easy step when typing. This guide applies for iPhones and Android. There is a bonus section at the end for Apple OS Mac owners too and a list of Arabic abbreviations and their symbols! Getting adding these shortcuts!
I would like to give credit Project Ma'ruf and my cousin Talib who originally came with the tutorial. I have also made a quick video on my channel which you can watch 🎬 "How to add the text SAW ﷺ in Arabic for iPhone and Android").
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Android
- Copy this symbol ﷺ
- Go to Settings
- Go to Language and Input
- Go to Personal Dictionary
- Click add
- Paste in ﷺ where it says "Type a word"
- Then choose a shortcut like, "pbuh", or "saw"
- Now whenever you type your shortcut phrase, (ex. saw) your phone will replace that text automatically with “ﷺ”
iPhone & iPad
- Copy this symbol ﷺ
- Go to Settings and choose Keyboard
- Go to Language and Input
- Select Text Replacement and press the Plus Sign to add a new entry
- Under phrase enter: ﷺ
- Then under shortcut, enter, "pbuh", or "saw"
- Now whenever you type your shortcut phrase, (ex. saw) your phone will replace that text automatically with “ﷺ”
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For the larger Arabic Library of Shortcuts
(updated last 5th April 2021)
| Arabic | Shortcut | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ﷽ | Bismillah | In the Name of Allah (SWT) |
| ماشاءاللہ | Maash | What Allah (SWT) has willed - showing appreciation and praying for someone |
| ﷺ | SAW | Allah bless Him and grant Him peace |
| سبحانه وتعالى | SWT | Glorious and Exalted is He [Allah] |
| صلى الله عليه وسلم | SAWLong | Allah bless Him and grant Him peace |
| عليه السلام | alay | Peace be upon Him |
| رضي الله عنه | ram | May Allah be pleased with Him |
| رضي الله عنها | raf | May Allah be pleased with Him |
| ﷲ | Allah | Allah |
| ﷴ | muhammad | Muhammad (ﷺ) |
| ﷳ | akbar | The Greatest |
| ﷶ | rasool | Prophet |
| ﷻ | jalla | Allah the Most Exalted |
| ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ | aslm | Peace be upon you, as well as the mercy of Allah and His blessings. |
| وَعَلَيْكُمْ السَّلاَمُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ | wslm | And May Peace be upon you, as well as the mercy of Allah and His blessings. |
Useful links
Windows Shortcuts - Pretty savage article on some further Microsoft Windows setups by Khalid Hussain
Unicode Block Forms - U+FDFA - Ligature characters
Shortcuts for Word - Great library of work by Mohammad Abubakr
Some References - From Hanafi Fiqh - IslamQA
Comments, Feedback
Please leave feedback or ask any questions in the comments below if you're struggling to get it setup. Likewise any further words, suggestions or mistakes - shoot them at me.