Interest in self-compassion has risen exponentially the past few decades as it has proven to be a transdiagnostic change process underlying alleviation of distress and improvement of well-being with widespread implication for therapeutic interventions and prevention efforts. There has been some debate around how self-compassion should be modelled and how the scale should be validated. No Arabic version has followed the updated recommended validation method yet. Therefore, the current study aims to validate an Arabic version of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS). The SCS was translated and tested for validity using a sample of 201 participants 29.1% males and 70.9% females between the ages of 14 and 68 (M=30.79, SD=11.71). Internal consistency reliability for the full scale was excellent (α= .92) and acceptable to good for the subscales (α=.69-.83). Concurrent validity between the Arabic and English scales tested using a bilingual subset of the sample (N=35) was very strong r=.949, p<.001 for the total score and at least moderate for individual items. In line with the updated research, two models were tested for this sample: the bifactor exploratory structure equation modelling (ESEM) with one general factor representing total self-compassion and six subfactors representing its six components, and a six-factor correlated ESEM. Model fit was good for the ESEM and it was also good for the six-factor correlated ESEM after removal of an item that caused a Heywood case. Results indicate the validity of the Arabic version of the Self-Compassion Scale to be used with the Egyptian population.