THE HOLY QUR'ĀN

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                                              in the name of Allah,
the Compassionate, the Merciful,
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Universe,
and Peace and Prayers be upon
His Final Prophet and Messenger.
                          TRANSLATION OF ARABIC WORDS AND NAMES 
                          the following table shows the system which ABDULLAH YUSUF 'ALI have followed in transliterating the letters of the ARABIC alphabet:

                          • أ = Alif = a
                = ā ( long word )
• ب = Bā = b
• ت = Tā = t
• ث = Thā = th
• ج = Jīm = j 
• ح= Hā = H
• خ = Khā = kh
• د = Dāl = d
• ذ = Dhal = dh
• ر = Rā = r
• ز = Zay = z
• س = Sin = s
• ش = Shin = sh
• ص = Sad = s
• ض = Dad = d
• ط = Ta = t
• ظ = Za = z
• ع = Ayn = ' ( inverted apostrophe )
• غ = Ghayn = gh
• ف = Fa = f
• ق = Qaf = q
• ك = Kaf = k
• ل = Lam = l
• م = Mim = m
• ن = Nun = n 
• هـ = Ha = h
• و = waw = w ( consonantal )
                  = ū ( long vowel ) 
• ى = Ya = y ( consonantal )
               = ī ( long vowel >
• ء = Hamzah = ' ( apostrophes )
                          ABBREVIATION USED 
                          A.C.   = After christ = year of the christian calendar.
                          B.C.   = Before christ = year of christian calendar.
                          A.H.  =  After Hijrah = year of the islamic calendar.
                          Bk.    = Book.
                          C.      = The Running Commentary, in rhythmic prose.
                          Cf.     = compare.
                          d.       = date of death of an author ( to show the age in which he lived ) 
                          Deut. = The book of Deuteronomy in the old Testament.
                          E.  B. = Encyclopedia Britannica, 14th edition 
                          e.g.    = for example 
                          Exod.= the book of exodus, Old Testament 
                          Gen.  = the book of genesis, Old Testament.
                          H.G.S= Hafiz Ghulam Sarwar's Translation of the Quran
                          i.e.     = id est = that is.
                          Josh  = Book of Jashua, Old Testament.
                          Matt. = Gospel of St. Matthew, New statement.
                          M.M.A = Mwalvi Muhammed 'Ali's translation of the Quran.
                          M.P.  = Mr. M.Pickthall's The meaning of the Glorious Koran.
                          n.       = note
                          nn.    = notes
                          Num.= the book of Numbers, Old Testament.
                          P.      = page 
                          pp.    = pages
                          Q.      = Quran
                          20:25= Quran, Surah 20, Ayah 25.
                          Rev.  = Revelation of St. John, New statement.
                          re.     = references  
                          S.      = Surah
                          v.      = verse.
                          vv.    = verses
                          uiz.   = namely 
                          [Eds.]= Editors 
                          (R).   = Revised by Editors