diff --git a/dictsource/ar_rules b/dictsource/ar_rules
index 810a085a..d2aee25a 100644
--- a/dictsource/ar_rules
+++ b/dictsource/ar_rules
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@
 // Following are default rules for other diacritics and they are just silence.
 // Diacritics should be consumed together with leading letters in rules above.
 
+         ٱ  // alef wasla
           ٌ  // dammatan
           ً  // fathatan
           ٍ  // kasratan