If you put two points below any one of them, it's 'ya' (ي when written inside a word looks like ييي).If you put one point below any one of them, it's 'Ba' (ب).Only the diacritical marks (and the dots) can differentiate between them. They will look like three adjacent crescents facing upwards (بنت without dots). When these three letters are connected to each other without diacritical marks they will appear identical. The word is composed of three letters which are “Ba” (ب), “n” or noon” (ن), and “Ta” (ت). In order for non-Arabic speakers to understand what is being discussed here, we will look at several Arabic words and how the use of diacritical marks affect their meanings:

For the interpretors who added diacritical marks, to read the Qur'an as it was originally written, would lead the reader to interpret and choose for themselves from the many possible meanings available in the Arabic without diacritical marks. There were no dots above or below the letters either. There was no distinction between letters of the Arabic alphabets of similar shape and there were no vowel marks. At the time of Muhammad, Arabic orthography was yet to develop into what we have known for centuries.

The problem with this is the addition or subtraction of diacritical marks radically alter the meaning of Arabic text, thereby potentially altering Allah’s book.Īs we stated earlier, the Qur'an was written without diacritical marks. These were added years after the final Qur'anic revelation and Muhammad's subsequent death. The Arabic writing system was still in development during the time of Muhammad, so the Qur'an was originally written without today's diacritical marks. We would like to enlighten our readers on grammatical problems in the Arabic Qur'an, mainly diacritical marks.

3 Muslims Began Using Diacritical Marks Because Errors Began to Appear.

Combining diacritical marks in word