What transliteration is
Transliteration writes Arabic words in the Latin alphabet so they can be read by those who do not read Arabic script. It is not translation - it represents the sounds, not the meaning. For best results, paste fully vocalized Arabic (with harakat), since the short vowels guide the spelling.
Why spellings differ
There is no single agreed system. The same name may be written Muhammad, Mohammed, or Mohamed; the letters ayn and hamza are often shown with an apostrophe. This tool uses a simple, readable scheme; for official documents follow the spelling on your passport or papers.
Private and instant
The conversion runs entirely in your browser as you type - nothing is sent to a server or saved. Free forever, funded as sadaqah.
Two schemes, two audiences
This tool writes Arabic in Latin letters two different ways, because readers differ. The simple scheme sticks to plain letters, with an apostrophe for ayn and hamza - the spelling you would type in a message or print in a community newsletter, easy for anyone to read aloud. The scholarly scheme follows academic convention: long vowels carry macrons, emphatic consonants carry dots, and ayn and the standalone hamza get their own distinct half-ring marks. That precision matters when the reader needs to recover the exact Arabic - in a bibliography, a research paper, or serious language study - because in the simple scheme several different Arabic letters can collapse into the same Latin one. Choosing well is simply knowing your reader.
Using this tool
Type or paste Arabic on one side and the transliteration appears live on the other as you type - no button, no waiting. Switch between the simple and scholarly schemes with one control and the output re-renders instantly, so comparing them is itself a quick lesson in what the scholarly marks encode. One tap copies the result. The conversion runs entirely in your browser, which makes it as private as a notebook: paste anything from a single name to a page of text, and nothing leaves your device.