Introduction to Qur'anic ScriptPsychology Press, 1999 - 172 pages '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. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ENGLISH SYMBOLS FOR ARABIC VOWELS | 4 |
LESSON 1 Consonants Jim Sin Lām and Mim The Vowel Sign Fathah | 5 |
LESSON 2 Bā Khā Ayn and Qāf The Vowel Sign Kasrah | 9 |
LESSON 3 Hā and Nūn The Sukūn Sign | 15 |
LESSON 4 Tā and Kāf The Vowel Sign Dammah | 19 |
LESSON 5 Fā and Thā Doubled Letters | 23 |
LESSON 6 Review | 27 |
LESSON 17 Hā continued Tā Marbūtah | 70 |
LESSON 18 The Signs of Vowel Length The Pronunciation of Allāh | 73 |
LESSON 19 Hamzah continued | 78 |
LESSON 20 Sun and Moon Letters | 80 |
LESSON 21 The silent Alif Wāw and Yā | 86 |
LESSON 22 Review | 88 |
LESSON 23 Assimilation | 94 |
LESSON 24 Nasalization | 96 |
LESSON 7 Shin Sād and Tā | 30 |
LESSON 8 Hā and Yā Diphthong ay | 36 |
LESSON 9 Zā and Ghain | 40 |
LESSON 10 Dād | 42 |
LESSON 11 Nunnation | 45 |
LESSON 12 NonConnectors Alif | 48 |
LESSON 13 Hamzah | 53 |
LESSON 14 Wāw | 56 |
LESSON 15 Dāl and Rā | 60 |
LESSON 16 Dhāl and Zā Hamzah and Alif continued | 65 |
LESSON 25 Quranic spellings The Redundant stroke The Dagger Alif | 100 |
LESSON 26 Punctuation | 104 |
LESSON 27 Muqattaāt or Isolated Letters Hurūfulabjad | 111 |
LESSON 28 Mistakes to be Avoided | 115 |
LESSON 29 The Development of the Naskh | 119 |
LESSON 30 Conclusion | 135 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE | 154 |
APPENDIX Persian and Urdu Script | 158 |
TRANSLITERATION OF PRACTICE TEXT | 167 |
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Common terms and phrases
alay-him alif Allah Arabic alphabet Arabic language Arabic letters Arabic script Author's collection ayah BARAKAT AHMAD basic Basmalah calligrapher consonant conventional Naskh curves dammah diphthong fathah following combinations hamzah ILLUSTRATIVE TEXT India Indo-Pakistani initial Introduction to Qur'anic kasrah Kufic lām language learner lesson ligatures māā Makkiyyatun Bismillahir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm masculine plural medial form Muḥammad Muslim nasalization Naskh script nasta Nastaʻliq non-connector noun Observe the following pause Persian PRACTICE TEXT preceding letter pronounced like English pronunciation Qur'anic Script recitation shaddah sound stroke style surah sūrahs tajwid tanwin Thuluth tongue tooth Urdu verb verse vowel sign wāw word written like Arabic أن إلى ال الا الله ان ق ل كم ل م لا لا لا ما نا