reynolds-the-quran-in-its-historical-context-2

164 Gerd-R. Puin(66) fhJ( 67) \J.J c:r*(68) ~L.(69) .sL.(~!'.JJ) wara''Jikum (ms. G), in StT rl==:T»min wara''Ji (ms. D), in StT 'lfi.Jj ~(~}!.) su'Jiyla (mss. A, D), in StT Jf(~ ~) si'lay (ms. A), in StT ~~(Q 4:102),(Q 42:51), 'suyila (Q 2:108),siy'a (Q 11:77).These examples may illuminate a few other odd writings in the Standard Text, ·too: It has preserved the passive .voice of~ (=-~ * jli' a), "to come," in a waywhich is in line with the previous examples from the manuscripts:(70) ib.- gi'Jay in StT written as ~.st.. gi'J y-'a (Q 39:69; 89:23).- - 'The circle on the a/ifindicates that the a/ifhas to be disregarded for pronunciation,as if only~ -"StT #8 #7 #9 # 10 #1 # 18.The Qur'iin editions quoted here are the same as above (1.3.2).Parallel to 1),~ and the like (cf. above 1.3.2) are those cases where an'• adlditional ya ' or a hamza was added in superscript, certainly in view of thegrarnn1atical rules of Classical Arabic, but possibly not representing the actualpl:on,unc:iation at the time when the rasm was fixed, e.g.:in StT 5:111; 61:14,in StT 12:91.2:3.3 Correcting the pronunciation of the yii'. Similar. to the "correction" of the waw by a superscript a/if (above 1.3.3) we.encounter the same feature of vocalization with the ya ':Dj~\ tawrayta e.g. StT 3:3.has been speculated about this orthography (cf. Diem, Unters. 1:248-50).may add that the rasm of the word would even allow for the interpretation ofas the Syriac name of the Torah, and that there is an affinity between thera' and a following imala vowel, as inmagreyhaJ (= magrehii) in StT 11:41.u"'~" .. "'v, the a/if Maq~iira as in .SP kubn1 or f.S"'J rami or J_,.. mawla is writtena small a/if on top of the ya ', as in~l Jilay e.g. in StT 11:36.i'i ,I:1;\\