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The other letters are called the lunar letters and do not assimilate the ل, namely:-
- ء و م ک ق ف غ ع خ ح ج ب ا, and ي.
Examples: -r-rah-māni-r-rahim, the merciful, the compassionate; māliki yaumi-d-dīn, the Lord of the Day of Judgment; aleyhi-s-sa-lam, on him be peace. Proper names: Abdurrahman Dia-uddin.
The force of the orthographical sign called teshdid may be rendered by doubling the consonants over which it is placed as tammat, finished; jannat, Paradise (lit. "the garden"), Muhammad, Mohamed; Sayyid, a descendant of the Prophet.
