1st Edition

Introduction to Qur'anic Script

By Syed Barakat Ahmad Copyright 1985
    184 Pages
    by Routledge

    184 Pages
    by Routledge

    'Masterly work ... Leads the reader patiently but directly not merely into Qur'anic writing but into the heart of that Holy Book itself ... By the time we have followed Dr Ahmad to the end of this splendid work we have learned something new and indeed something uplifting about one of the world's great books.' Prof. F. E. Peters, New York University.

    LESSON 1 CONSONANTS. J?M, S?N, L?M AND MlM. THE VOWEL SIGN FAT?AH; B?' KH?', ?AYNAND Q?F.; LESSON 3 ?A'AND N?N.THE S?KCNSIGN; LESSON 4 T?'AND K?F.THE VOWEL SIGN ?AMMAH; LESSON 5 F?'AND TH?'. DOUBLED LETTERS; LESSON 6 REVIEW; LESSON 7 SH?N, ??D AND ??; LESSON 8 H?' AND Y?'. DIPHTHONG; LESSON 9 ?? AND GHAIN; LESSON 10 ?? D; LESSON 11NUNNATION; LESSON 12 NON-CONNECTORS. ALIF; Lesson 13 HAMZAH; Lesson 14 W?W; LESSON 15 > D?LAND R?; LESSON 16 DH?LAND Z?'. HAMZAH AND 'ALIF(continued); Lesson 17 H?'(continued). T?' Marbútah; Lesson 18 THE SIGNS OF VOWEL LENGTH THE PRONUNCIATION OF ALL?H; LESSON 19 HAMZAH(continued); LESSON 20 ‘SUN’ AND ‘MOON’ LETTERS; LESSON 21 THE SILENT ALIF W?WAND Y?; LESSON 22 REVIEW; LESSON 23 ASSIMILATION; LESSON 24 NASALIZATION; LESSON 25 QUR'ANIC SPELLINGS; LESSON 26 PUNCTUATION; LESSON 27 MUQA??Á ?;T OR ISOLATED LETTERS ?UR?F-UL' ABJAD; LESSON 28 MISTAKES TO BE AVOIDED; LESSON 29 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NASKH Lesson 30 CONCLUSION;

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    Syed Barakat Ahmad

    'Masterly work... Leads the reader patiently but directly not merely into Qur'anic writing but into the heart of that Holy Book itself' - Prof. F. E. Peters, New York University.