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From: whaddara@kean.ucs.mun.ca (AL-NABEGHA AL-DHEBYANI)
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Subject: Re: On Line Qur'an
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From: zafir@unssun.nevada.edu (Zia Zafir)
Subject:Re: On Line Qur'an
Date: 6 Jun 91 13:29:24 GMT
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>>alm. /dlk alktb la ryb fyh. hdN llmtqyn all/dyn ywmnwn blgyb w
>>yqymwn alslwt w mma rzqnahm ynfqwn.

>	This is a good idea but the way you are doing the 
transliteration
>	is objectionable.  It seems that each arabic letter is 
replaced
>	with an English letter.  This is OK if you know how to read
>	arabic and are familiar with the arabic alphabets.  But in my
>	opinion the objective of a transliteration should be that
>	it could be read by anyone whether he is familiar with the
>	arabic alphabets or not.  This inlcudes lot of new muslims
>	who do not know how to read arabic but they want to read the
>	Quran rather than reading translations.

>	for this reason, I think transliteration should be based upon
>	how we read a particular verse.  We need some rules and
>	standards for this which could be set up.

>	For example the first verses could be written as

>	alif laam meem.  dhalikal kitabe la rayb-a-feehi hudal lil muttaqeen.
				      ^^^
		Dhalikal kitabo
			  ^^^^^^
	:-)

>Zia Zafir
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