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178 Gerd-R. Puin(128 a) ShJ!.il ~(128 b) ~UJI ~~(128 c) 9~1 ~'Jay•uha 'Jl_ya•-_hysuha :n_hy•uha 'Jl_in StT 24:31 and in mss. GK;in StT 43:49 and in mss. DHJK;in StT 55:31 and in mss. BGK.Moreover, it is amazing that in all of the old manuscripts consulted the rasm of th~three words is written exactly like the Standard Text, without any plene variant.··3.4.2 Plene writing of a short Ia/ fatl;!a to ensure (a long?) vocalic rhymeTwo different cases can be observed. On the one hand a group in Sii.ra 33 andwhere the /a/ of the accusative is written plene because the word is in aof vocalic rhymes at the end of or within a verse:(129 a) l$}11(129 b) 'i.?5Ji(129c) Yi(129d) ~(129 e) i.fi.A;3'Jl_~'unuwnaJ'Jl r"asuwlaJ'Jl_ s•abiylaJsala'silaJqawaJriyraJin Standard Text 33:10,in StT 33:66,in StT 33:67,in StT 76:4,in StT 76:15, 16.In (129 d) and (129 e) the final alif can also be understood to be the accusative.ending of a normal triptote noun in pausal pronunciation-which would contradictthe la'ter grammar of Classical Arabic, where broken plurals are considered to bediptote nouns. ··On the other hand, the name of the ancient tribal group of the Thamud isaccording to the grammar of CA, but there can be no doubt that the nametrip tote in the Qur' an, not different from the ancient tribal group of 'Ad:(130 a) i~_,.!jj \SI.E.j( 130 b) i~ _,.!j j IRE. j(130 c) i~_,.!jj (50)J}JI 1~\.t. Mil(130 d) iJj$' i~_,.!j ~!in StT 25:38,in StT 29:38 andin StT 53:50-51,in StT 11:68.With the small circle above the alif of i>_,.!j, the editors of the Standardindicate that this letter is "superfluous", like the alifin iJj$'.3.4.3 Plene writing of a short Ia/ before a lfamza in the Standard TextAmong the recitation rules of the Qur' an is the lengthening of any vowel beforeglottal stop. When the idea as well as its sign "hamza" was not yet invented,alifalone could be used to carry out the function of the later hamza.The most prominent group of examples for the plene writing of a shortare the verses which start With "I swear ... I la 'uqsimu I la )uqsimu I r-/i ':1 ..(Q 56:75; 69:38; 70:40; 81:15; 84:16; 90:1).Although there can be no doubtVowel letters and ortho-epic writing in the Qur 'iin 179formula introduces a positive oath, there has been much irritation about the· · of the negfltion l1i, and even Arne Arnbros in his Dictionary (p. 329)the la as a "particle ofunc(ertain) function before 'uqsimu 'I swear'".view the 'i l1i is simply the plene writing of the assertive particle j la-.· additional argument in favor of this view is the resumption of the particle.·. some of the verses which follow after the passage of r-/i ':1:56:75,76:69:38,40:81:15, 19:84:16, 19:90:1,4:.. . ~:~\.)... J.;il:~\... Jfo,~!... &.g)l... ~jjjof the manuscripts consulted shows a variant without the second alif likenor do any of the printed editions consulted(# 1-19, see Bibliography 4.2),are basically manuscripts.I:Jerj~strass,er> I. 'S:&~\.StT #8 #7 #9 # 10 # 1 ' # 1&and Pretzl have already observed that there are two more exampleskind in the Qur'an, 37 viz.manuscriptsin themanuscripts printededitions#= CFGK = 1-11, 14-19 ~y':l = 12, 13= 1-19 nonethe same place Bergstrasser quotes al-Naysiibfui that he saw, with anlUU1LlUUii11 alif,