Application of Braille in Quranic and Sunnah Studies (QAA4013) 10 th Lecture (10 th March 2009) Dr. Muhammad Mustaqim Mohd Zarif Director, Centre for General Studies Islamic Science University of Malaysia

Structure of Presentation Some Other Signs in the Quran and Its Use in Quranic Braille Some Other Signs in the Quran and Its Use in Quranic Braille Preparing and Formatting a Quranic Braille Document Preparing and Formatting a Quranic Braille Document

Some Other Signs in the Quran and Its Use in Quranic Braille Apart from the waqaf signs, there are also other signs used in the current Rasm al- Uthmani Quran. Are these signs used also in Quranic Braille? If so, what are their codes?

1) Sign of Saktah Example:

How to write it in Braille? Formula: (special sign 3 6)+(waqaf sign if any) (23 56)+Sin+kaf+ta+ta marbutah+(23 56)

2) Sign of Sajdah

Question: How is it written in Braille?

Answer: NO SIGN FOR SAJDAH IN CURRENT QURANIC BRAILLE

3) Sign of Imalah al-Kubra

Question: How is it written in Braille?

Answer: NO SIGN FOR IMALAH KUBRA IN CURRENT QURANIC BRAILLE

4) Ishmam/Rawm

Question: How is it written in Braille?

Answer: NO SIGN FOR ISHMAM/RAWM IN CURRENT QURANIC BRAILLE

5) Sign of Tashil

Question: How is it written in Braille?

Answer: NO SIGN FOR TASHIL IN CURRENT QURANIC BRAILLE

Preparing and Formatting a Quranic Braille Document New Quranic ayat must be written on the third cell from the left (like tab in computer). Quranic word (kalimah) must be completed in one line.

2 ways of writing the end of Quranic ayats: 1) After completing an ayat, put ayat number, then continue with next ayat on the same line (used in Arab countries) 2) After completing an ayat, put ayat number. New ayat must begin on new line. Cannot mix 2 or more ayats in one line (methods used in other Islamic countries)

How to write a cover page for Quranic Braille? - Important information such as: i) title of the work, ii) number of juzuk, iii) number of volume, iv) name of publisher/transcriber, v) Date written/transcribed

Example of a title page from Quranic Braille by PERTIS

Al-Quran al-Karim (Arabic) Bi al-Kitabah al-’Arabiyyah al-Nafirah Min juz 26 ila juz 30 Al-Mujallad 6/6 Diterbitkan Oleh (Malay) Persatuan Orang-orang cacat Islam Malaysia (PERTIS) Address (Malay) 1999M/1419H

After the cover page, there is an index to the content of the surahs (this page is not numbered)

Fihrist (Arabic) Surah nmbr safhah Al-ahqaf (2356)+no. 46 …………….. No. 1

Content of the document comes after the index. Must be numbered. Every page must have a header containing the basic information such as: i) Name of juz ii) No. of juz iii) Name of surah iv) No. of surah v) No. of Braille page

Variation of the header in other versions of the Quran: i) Page No. (ordinary Quran) (left) ii) Juz no. (middle) iii) Name of Surah (middle) iv) Page no. in Braille (right)

In the beginning of surah, must give the following information in one line: i) Name of surah (surah al-ahqaf) ii) No. of surah iii) Makki/Madani iv) No. of ayat in the surah (spell & give in numbers) v) Basmalah

Hamim No.26 al-Ahqaf no. 46 no. 1 ……………………………………………………. Surah al-ahqaf no. 46 makkiyyah wa hiya khams wa thalathuna (35) ayah Basmalah Surah….

Another example of Quranic Braille format:

Al-Quran al-Karim (Arabic) Dlm Kod BRL Arab Juz Sepuluh (10) …………… DLM TIGA PULUH JUZ …………… FATIMAH BT HASHIM ADDRESS (2001)

This Quran does not have an index, because one volume has one juzuk only. Each ayat is written in one line. New ayat begins in new line (similar to PERTIS). Use line to separate between header & body of the text (Malaysia & Saudi style no line, but Indon style uses line)

Header consist of 2 tiers. It contains the following info: -Tier 1: page no. in Braille (right) - Tier 2: i) Juzuk name (left) ii) Juzuk no. (middle) iii) Name of surah (middle) iv) Surah no. (right)

no. 1 wa I’lamu no. 10 al-anfal no. 8 ………………………………………………….. Quranic verses

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