Harouf refers to the Arabic word for "letters" (حروف). It is the plural form of the word "harf" (حرف), which means "letter" in the Arabic alphabet. The term is used generally to denote the individual characters that make up the Arabic script and by extension, words and written text in Arabic. It can also be used more broadly to refer to letters in any alphabet, although this is less common in formal contexts.
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