Week 1 - 3 Islamic

What are the 2 ways of transmission of the Qur'an?

He was the first man to publicly recite the Qur’an in Makkah.

“The Reader” in Madinah

The teacher sent by the Prophet to Yemen

Name at least 3 Qur'an readers among the companions of the Prophet

What stage of development of Arabic writing is this?

What stage of development of Arabic writing is this?

What stage of development of Arabic writing is this?

Is the name for the signs indicating the vowels in Arabic scripts. They were apparently unknown in pre-Islamic times. These signs help to determine the correct pronunciation of the word and to avoid mistakes.

The Arabic letters, as we know them today, are made up of lines and points. The latter are called _____. The ancient Arabic script did not have them, but consisted of strokes only. The addition of diacritical points to the plain writing of strokes helped to distinguish the various letters which could be easily mixed up.