The miracle of orthography in the Holy Quran

Abstract

This paper addresses the miracle of Uthmanic orthography in the Holy Quran. In specific, it shows that the Holy Quran deviates from the orthographic norms of Arabic to convey certain semantic senses. To this end, the researchers examine several instances of such deviation and compare them with other instances that follow the Arabic Orthographic norms. The study addresses two kinds of deviation that remained mysteries until very recently: the writing of the tied ‘t’, and the writing of the long back unrounded vowels ‘æ:/a:’. The paper finds that the different ways of writing these two sounds result in giving polysemous semantic differences. This, ultimately, serves as a proof to the divinity of origin, while preserving the pronunciation, which also serves as a proof to the eternal preservation of the Holy Quran.