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166 Gerd-R. Pu<strong>in</strong>However, <strong>in</strong> some transmissions (like W arsh 'an Nafi' <strong>in</strong> North Africa) of <strong>the</strong>Qur'an every alif Maq~iira is <strong>in</strong>dicated by a special sign like <strong>the</strong> diamond <strong>in</strong> (82)or by a thick dot under <strong>the</strong> preced<strong>in</strong>g letter. This implies <strong>the</strong> imala pronunciation.,/ile:/ or, with <strong>the</strong> extensions by personal suffixes, /ile:ka, ile:hu, ile:hum/, etc.·Aga<strong>in</strong>, this k<strong>in</strong>d of pronunciation (/ile:hu, ile:hum/, etc,) is part of <strong>the</strong> system(s)observed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> early texts which have been vocalized by red dots.In many old manuscripts (e.g. AGK), and <strong>in</strong> contrast to J\, <strong>the</strong> prepositions J

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