Re: Small Alef (was Re: Standalone Superscript Alef (Item 8))

["Thomas Milo" <t dot milo at chello dot nl>]

Hi Mohammed,

> On Saturday 26 June 2004 11:51, Thomas Milo wrote:
> > Dear Mohammed,
> >
> > Please consult a Qur'anic scholar yourself and put to him the questions:
> >
> > 1. If one removes the fatha's from /qaala/, does that change the meaning
of
> > the alif?
> >
> > 2. if one removes the fatha and kasra from /dhaalika/, does that change
the
> > meaning of the small alif?
> >
> > 3. If one moves the first fatha of /qaala/ to the left, away from the
qaf,
> > does that change the meaning of fatha?
> >
>
> Those don't need a scholar, the answers are so obvious.
> But anyway, I will go ask an Arabic scholar from College of Arabic
Language,
> Al-Azhar University and return to you.

Thanks,

t