Questions & Answers about الحساب آمن.
A careful MSA pronunciation is:
al-ḥisābu ʾāmin(un)
A few helpful notes:
- ح in الحساب is a deep h sound from the throat, not the ordinary English h.
- ا in حساب gives a long aa sound: ḥi-saab.
- آ in آمن is pronounced ʾā, so the word begins with a hamza plus a long aa sound.
- In normal pause at the end of the sentence, learners often hear something close to al-ḥisāb ʾāmin.
ال is the Arabic definite article, equivalent to the.
So:
- حساب = an account / account
- الحساب = the account
Also, in الحساب, the l in ال is pronounced clearly because ح is a moon letter. That means you say al-ḥisāb, not something like aḥ-ḥisāb.