Arabic-L:GEN:Messages in Arabic Script

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Date: 20 Feb 2004
From:moderator
Subject:Messages in Arabic Script

I have posted, and will continue to post, a few messages either in  
Arabic script or containing Arabic script, realizing that only some of  
you will be able to read them.  I will try to limit these as much as  
possible, and encourage posters to transliterate anything that they  
include in script so that those who can't read the script can figure  
out what is going on.  In the case of the WATA message, I thought it  
was worthwhile enough to post, even though I had no English or  
transliterated version.  For those who could not read it, it is from  
the World Arabic Translators Association, and you can find their  
information at:

arabicwata.org

on the web.

Waheed has pointed out to me that even some of the messages that get  
through may end up getting garbled because of the different ways  
different systems handle puctuation.  For example, his sentence about  
the hadith got all turned around because of the presence of periods in  
the middle:
(I will now copy his response, realizing that if it gets regarbled it  
may be even more incomprehensible than before)

Dil , this is how the text appears in your posting:
قصة النبي داود مع ... الامرأة من العبر ما يكفي .. قصة فيها ...
[Waheed Samy] This is how it should appear:
  قصة النبي داود مع الامرأة قصة فيها من العِبر ما   
(The story of the nabi Dawuud with the woman is a story containing  
lessons/advice that )
I think the presense of periods screwed things up.

Dil

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