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Lay down all
17-08-04, 03:18 AM
What script was the Quran wrote in, as in was it wrote in the old Arabic script of which only had twenty two letters?

Is the Arabic similar to Hebrew and Aramaic?

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17-08-04, 08:01 AM
well the Arabic it was written in is the same arabic it is written in now, in that none of the words have changed at all but in that time they used to write it slightly differently because they didn't include the dots on the letters, so certain letters like baa and taa would appear the same because the difference in them is the position of the dots. Also in the first written Qur'ans they did not write any harakat, so as time went on and Islam spread it was decided to write the harakat and also to include the dots, then the final addition which some Qur'ans include nowadays is the colour code for tajweed, which originally also wasn't there. The most important thing to remember though is that although the way it was written down was changed to make it better and easier to read, the words of the Qur'an itself never changed and never will change, because it's protected by Allah SWT :D

Lay down all
17-08-04, 11:10 PM
what is harakat?

How many letters were in the original Arabic, i am told 22 in my Hebrew lexicon, and they are compared to the 22 Hebrew letters.

I don't know the name of the letters but would guess baa and taa are the second and third letters of the arabic alphabet.

The baa is compared to the Hebrew Beth, but the Taa to the Hebrew Tau and would guess the Thin (If that's the name, i think it only gives the pronouncation here) would also be compared to the Tau.

They compare every letter to one Hebrew letter except the last letter which is given as La, they don't list that as part of the ancient Arabic.

Do Hebrew and Arabic words share a similar pronouncation and maybe even spelling if there was an original 22 letter Arabic alphabet?

Khuzamah
18-08-04, 08:28 AM
what is harakat?

How many letters were in the original Arabic, i am told 22 in my Hebrew lexicon, and they are compared to the 22 Hebrew letters.

I don't know the name of the letters but would guess baa and taa are the second and third letters of the arabic alphabet.

The baa is compared to the Hebrew Beth, but the Taa to the Hebrew Tau and would guess the Thin (If that's the name, i think it only gives the pronouncation here) would also be compared to the Tau.

They compare every letter to one Hebrew letter except the last letter which is given as La, they don't list that as part of the ancient Arabic.

Do Hebrew and Arabic words share a similar pronouncation and maybe even spelling if there was an original 22 letter Arabic alphabet?

Harakat are fatha, damma, kasra, and tanween etc. you could call them the "vowels" and they change positions for grammatical reasons aswell. I don't know if they have that in Hebrew or not cs I dnt speak Hebrew at all.
As far as I know there were the same amount of letters originally in Arabic as there are now? which I think is about 29... unless because of certain letters looking the same when written a long time ago without the dots, you would count them the same letter like ba ta and tha would all become one, and seen and sheen would become one because they look the same without the dots, but the different letters did still exist, its just that at the time the arabs who cd read and write were very good at their language and had no need for the dots 2 distinguish between words.
About the Hebrew, well I did hear they have similar letters & words & everything, I dno anything at all about Hebrew pronouncation though... Dhakiyya told me its more europeananised than Arabic pronounciation..

JiHaD_JoE
18-08-04, 09:26 PM
yes hebrew sounds are more european sounds than arabic, but there are some same sounds