Lecture Notes Arabic-Indonesian Transliteration Guidelines­ Law

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Arabic-Indonesian Transliteration Guidelines

The transliteration of Arabic words used in the preparation of this thesis is guided by a Joint Decree between the Minister of Religious Affairs and the Minister of Education and Culture R. I. Number: 158/1987 and Number: 0543b/U/1987.

A. Single Consonants Letter

Arab

Name Latin letters Name

alif Alif Do not

Symbolised

Not denoted

in Three' B Be

t He' T Too

W Ṡa ṡ ice (with dot on top)

C Jim J I

Goin

g to Ḥa ḥ ha (with the dot below)

X Kha Kh Ka and Ha

d From D Of

L Z|al With| ze (with dot above )

t Ra' R He

G Zai With Move

Going to Without S It

2

U Conside

rations His eat from es

AM Ṣad ṣ ice (with dot below )

Z D}ad d} de (with dot below )

I T}a’ t} te (with dot below )

Z Z}a' z} zet (with dot below )

on ‘Ain ‘ Inverted comma above

G Gain G Give

P Do F If

s Qaf Q Qi

as Kaf K That

for Blue L 'the

M Me M 'in

nun Now N 'in

And Waw In In

H Ha' H Has

In Hamzah ‘ Apostrophe

Y Already' And Eat

B. Double Consonants because Syaddah is written in duplicate

R.B.K.M

Are written Rabbikum

Local

Are written Wakullu

C. Ta' Marbutah at the end of the word when turned off write h

M

^A

LHA

Are written maṣlaḥah

wisdom

Are written ḥikmah

(This provision is not treated on Arabic words that have been absorbed into the Indonesian, such as zakat, salat and so on, unless the original pronunciation is desired )

1. If followed by the clothing word "al" and the second reading is separate, then it iswritten with h.

Dignity of parents

Are written Karāmah al-Auliyā'

2. When ta' marbūṭah is alive or with dignity, fatḥah or kasrah or ḍammah is written with t.

A.L.F.L.S.A.L.I. Are written al-falsafat al-ūlā

D. Short Vocals

_ _ _ َ´ _ _ _

fatḥah Are written A

_ _ _ َ¸ _ _ _

^Kasrah Are written I

_ _ _ ُ _ _ _

ḍ’ammah Are written In the

E. Long Vowels

1. Fatḥah + alif Are written Ā

say

Are written Qāla

2. Fatḥah + ya' die Are written Ā

TNSA

Are written Tansā

3. Kasrah + ya' off Are written Ī

KarYM

Are written Karīm

4. Ḍ'ammah + wawu mati Are written Ū

yeandd

Are written Yahūdi

F. Double Vowel

1. Fatḥah + ya' die Are written To

BINKM

Are written Bainakum

2. Fath}ah + wawu mati Are written At

sandl

Are written Qaul

G. Sequential Short Vowels in one word separated by apostrophes

AA NTM

Are written a'antum

Prepare d

Are written u'iddat

LNSKT M

Are written La'in

Shakartum

H. Clothing Words Alif + Lam

1. When followed the Qamariyyah letters are written according to the sound (al).

Qur’an

Are written al-Qur’ān

A.L.Q.I.A.S

Are written al-Qiyās

2. When followed the letter Shamsiyyah is written using the letter Shamsiyyah that follows it, and omits the letter l (el).

al-S.M.A.

Are written as-Samā’

The sun

Are written ash-Shams

I. Writing words in a series of sentences Written according to the sound or pronunciation.

MN YALTHE

Are written me z|alla z|ī

AJ

^R

R IM

Are written ajrun karīm