U+FDF2 "ﷲ" Arabic Ligature Allah Isolated Form Unicode Character
U+FDF2 "ﷲ" Arabic Ligature Allah Isolated Form is a typographic ligature representing the word "Allah" (الله) in a single, compact glyph, designed for use in Arabic script contexts where a distinctive and often more ornate representation of the divine name is desired. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block in Unicode, which includes specialized ligatures for calligraphic and publishing purposes. It is intended for isolated usage, meaning it should be displayed as a standalone symbol rather than connecting to adjacent letters, making it common in religious texts, signage, and decorative contexts. However, due to its specialized nature, support for this glyph can vary across fonts and platforms, sometimes rendering as a fallback sequence of separate letters if the ligature is not available.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDF2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Allah Isolated Form |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Isolated |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef "ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam "ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam "ه" U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﷲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﷲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB7 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDF2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDF2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufdf2 |