U+FBD0 "" Arabic Ligature Sallallaahu Taaalaa Alayhi Wa-Sallam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FBD0 "" Arabic Ligature Sallallaahu Taaalaa Alayhi Wa-Sallam is a typographic ligature in the Arabic script that represents a revered honorific phrase used in Islamic tradition, specifically meaning "May Allah, Exalted is He, bless him and grant him peace." This phrase is traditionally invoked after mentioning the name of the Prophet Muhammad in writing or speech, and the ligature is encoded in Unicode to allow for a single, compact glyph representation in digital text, primarily within the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block. Its use facilitates correct religious expression in documents and typography while preserving the calligraphic and cultural significance of the original Arabic script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FBD0 |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Sallallaahu Taaalaa Alayhi Wa-Sallam |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﯐ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﯐ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xAF 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFBD0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FBD0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufbd0 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Arabic |
| Script Extensions | Arabic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |