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From: zama@midway.uchicago.edu (iftikhar uz zaman)
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Subject: Re: On Line Qur'an
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Date: 2 Jun 91 20:00:50 GMT
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	My personal thanks to all who participated in this
project...however (and not to denigrate the efforts of those
who did participate in this) so far we have an "On Line translation
of the Quran."  How about a transliteration?

	Here's my idea.  Most Muslims have much of the Quran 
memorized.  If we could use this and have various people take
the responsibility of those portions which they have memorized;
we could enter in some standard transliteration format such
portions until we accumulate a significant portion.

	For example, the first aya might go:

alm. /dlk alktb la ryb fyh. hdN llmtqyn all/dyn ywmnwn blgyb w
yqymwn alslwt w mma rzqnahm ynfqwn.

	Already I see some of the problems which would have to be
addressed: In hdN I transliterated the nunation (tanwin) as a 
capital N.  I ignored the shaddas (tashdid--"doubled" letters).
Then there is the question of the peculiar Quranic orthography--
the alif on rzqnahum, I am not sure whether it is actually written
as a letter or whether it is just a "dagger" on top of the nun.
This type of thing might require a look at a mushaf as one typed--
still, the fact of memorization would aid greatly.

	Any takers?  I think the first step would be to send
lists of suras you could do to one individual who would then
apportion stuff out.  Also, proofreading by comparing against
the mushaf would be important....

PS.  Is anyone maintaining a "typo-report" list somewhere on
the translation?  E.g. 

005.TheFood 67: ... deliver what (b)as been revealed ...