Saturday 9 February 2019

Rasm 'Uthmaanee Qur'aanic Script compared to Modern Arabic scipt of today

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Rasm ‘Uthmaanee Qur’aanic Script compared to Normal Script

There is a difference between the modern day spelling of Arabic and the Uthmaanee Arabic spelling which even native Arabic speakers need to be aware of. The Uthmaanee spelling in the Qur'aan differs in a few areas such as added or removed alif, waw, yaa, open taa and the placement of the hamzahs.

Rasm ‘Uthmaanee – The ‘Uthmaanee Script -  the writing conventions and spellings at the time of Khaleefah ‘Uthmaan رضي الله عنه (the letters and the shape of joining the letters). This cannot be replicated from a normal Arabic keyboard. The two main published Masaahif (copies of the Qur’aan) are ‘Mushaf Madeenah’ and ‘Mushaf Majeedee’. They both use the ‘Uthmaanee Script however the style of their ‘fonts’ are different. Both are acceptable.

Rasm imlaa’ee (modern standard Arabic spelling – literally dictation script – can be typed using an Arabic keyboard). This script should not be used to write the Qur’aan.

There are a few Arabic programmes that you can use to insert the ‘Uthmaanee script into your document. An example is Barnaamij ‘Aqeel found at www.saaqeel.blogspot.com.

A website called www.legacy.quran.com also can be used to copy image files of the whole aayah. However, if you only need a part of an aayah it is difficult to crop it correctly. This website does offer ‘with tashkeel’ which is the rasm imlaa’ee and can be edited but it is not rasm ‘Uthmaanee.

An added point regarding the KSU ‘Ayat’ Programme. If you are searching for a word in the Qur’aan you enter it as the rasm imlaa’ee otherwise it will not be able to search the database and gives the message ‘no result’.

The scholars have said that it is not allowed to write the Qur'aan in other than the Uthmaanee spelling system so as to preserve the Qur'aan. Otherwise each generation would change the spellings according to the latest spelling systems and the Qur'aan would be open to mistakes.
Fatwaa regarding writing the Qur’aan using the ‘Uthmaanee Script: www.alifta.net (Arabic)

Examples:


Rasm imlaa’ee
Modern Standard Arabic
Spelling
Attempted Mushaf spelling with keyboard
(inaccurate)
Rasm ‘Uthmaanee
Exact Mushaf spelling
Observations
Ref. in Qur’aan
1
أولئك
أولئك
2:5
Hamzah below
2:5
2
الصالحات
الصالحات
2:82
Dagger alif
2:25
3
إبراهيم
إبراهم
2:124
No yaa
2:124
4
داوود
داود
5:78
Only one waw
2:251
5
آمنوا
ءامنوا
2:9
Hamzah added
2:9
6
القرآن
القرءان
4:82
Hamzah added
2:185
7
يا أيها
يأيها
4:135
One word
2:21
8
الكتاب
الكتب
2:2
Alif taken away
2:2
9
الليل
اليل
3:27
Laam taken away
2:164
10
رحمة
رحمت
2:218
Open taa
Not always
2:218
11
حياة
حيوة
2:179
Added waw and dagger alif
2:85
12
لشيء
لشاىء
18:23
Added alif
Not always
18:23
13
آدم
ياآدم
لآدم
ءادم
يئادم
لأدم
2:31
2:33
2:34
Added hamzah
One word
Hamzah between laam and alif
2:31

2:33

2:34
14
نعمة
نعمت
2:231
Open taa
Not always
2:231
15
الصلاة
الصلوة
2:3
Dagger alif and waw
2:3
17
بأيدٍ
بأييدٍ
51:47
Yaa added
51:47
18
المؤمنات
المؤمنت
33:35
Alif taken away
4:25
19
النبيين
النبيِّن
4:69
Shaddah on yaa
2:1
20
الآخر
الاخر
2:62
Hamzah in between laam alif
2:8
21
يا أولى
يأولى
2:179
One word and alif dropped
2:179
22
الملائكة
الملءكة
2:31
Hamzah under word not above
2:31

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