Dagger alif
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The dagger alif (
shadda
and a dagger alif above lām.
With fatḥah
There are two possible ways of representing the dagger alif in modern editions of Quran. In the editions printed in the Middle East the dagger alif is written with fatḥah: الرَّحْمَٰنِ (a)r-raḥmāni. In the editions printed in South Asia (Pakistan, India and Bangladesh) the dagger alif is written without fatḥah: الرَّحْمٰنِ (a)r-raḥmāni.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-4051-5501-4.
- ISBN 9781139443333.
- ISBN 9780521094559.