INTONATION GROUPS IN ARABIC (MAINLY IN THE HOLY QURAN)

Abstract

This study will be concerned with intonation-groups in
Arabic with special reference to the Holy Quran.
The Holy Quran, which turned the Arabic of Quraish into
the Arabic language used in literary worke and spread it into
areas far beyond Arabia, is an important source for Islamic
and Arabic studies. One of these studies has important
bearing on Quranic orthoepy, which was developed in 9ilmu
tajwīd al-Quran, the science of Quranic recitation. The Holy
Quran is regarded as a record of Arabic sounds, that will
preserve the Arabic sounds forever