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162 Gerd-R. PuinAlthough the rasm is the same in all editions consulted, # 8 (Qaliin) and # 9(Warsh) read 'inna as a clause of statement.Except for (51 b) in all cases listed above the rasm is the same, although the • ·•pronunciation differs according to whether the text is interpreted to be interroga- .tive or indicative. The instrument to define the rasm as a question is the insertion· :of the hamza. On the level of the script in the Standard Text and in most of theother editions, the hamza is added after the alif, as shown in the tables. However, ·in the Indian as well as in the Ottoman tradition- in the tables above marked bynumbers in a circle CD,@, @-the sequence is inverted: first the hamza withoutkursf, and then the alif, as in .ill)!. or lS)!. or 1~)!..However, the ya' of .:r-1 could well be an old mater lectionis to ensure thereading ul instead of ul, especially if we take the orthographical variants in the oldmanuscripts into account (57, 58, 59). By a later interpretation ofthis orthographythe ya ' tooth could be reinterpreted to be the carrier of a hamza, thereby producingan unequivocal question instead of a statement, e.g. lit I instead of simply ~~~~~~~~. It ·would need some research to decide whether the context allows for an indicative ·reading rather than for a question, but this is outside of the scope of this chapter.It seems, moreover, that the issue is not restricted to the Arabic language only, butthat Syriac also needs consideration - which is beyond the competence of theauthor. Therefore, only a list is presented of the different spellings foundin important old codices; their abbreviations A, B, etc., are unravelled in theBibliography 4.1. A dash signals that the Qur' anic passage is not part ofthe manuscriptfragment in question.(57)~ la_.Yin in Standard Text, but different in manuscripts:Sora:Versems.A ms.B ms.C ms.D ms.El ms.F ms.G ms.H6:109 .:).).~ ~':1 i..Jl.) i..Jl.) .:).).~10:22 i..Jl.) ~':1 .:).).~ .:).).~17:62 ~':1 .:).).~35:42 i..Jl.) u':l i..Jl.)Vowel letters and ortho-epic writing in the Qur'an 163and J;~ nabaJiy (Q 6:34)in two different orthographies in the Standard Text, the "older" version isthe one with an alifonly, the ya' being a mater lectionis:) ~ yuhay''i:Y" in StT 18:16, but in ms. A 1..-r ... confirmed byand other examples by al-Diini; 15 the same is true forIf~~ 'JiytaJ-yi in StT 16:90, but in ms. H ~1, 'Jiyta''Ji, orI{~ JanbaryihaJ in StT 7:101, but in ms. D: U.L,:.I, 'Janba''JihaJ.next examples taken from the Standard Text are comparable only inthe second orthography has a suffix -hi at the end of(58) ~j wa_layin in S!andard Text, but different in manuscripts:Sora:Versems.A ms.B ms.C ms.D ms.El ms.F ms.G ms.H13:37 ~':l.J WJ16:126 ~':l.J18:36 ~"JJ29:10 ~':l.J··.·.mala'Jiliq~(Ji(Q 2:246; 38:69) and(e.g. 6:31, 154) and.,_~if (e.g. 7:103; 10:75),.,_~"U! (e.g. 18:105; 29:23).K al-Muqni 'fi rasm ma$a/zif al-am$ar, ma 'a Kitab a/-Naqt I Orthographie und Punktienmg desKora11. Zwei Schrijie11 VOil Aba 'Amr 'Ulman ib11 Sa 'id ad-Dani, ed. Otto Pretzl, Leipzig, istanbul:· Devlet Matbaasi 1932, 54.