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  • Alif,” and its second syllable ká closes in Alif after

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Tale: the faithful wife deceives her lovers by inducing them to visit her all together, she then locks them up to escape from each other and goes away, and lets them discover themselves [found in Alif Laila].

    Tales of the Punjab 1894

  • The show is called "Alif Laam Meem," three letters from the Arabic alphabet that can be found at the beginning of some suras chapters in the Koran.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The show is called "Alif Laam Meem," three letters from the Arabic alphabet that can be found at the beginning of some suras chapters in the Koran.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The word begins with "Alif," and its second syllable ká closes in Alif after Fathah (a), in the same way, as the third syllable mú closes in the letter Wáw

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • It starts with an 'Alif' and ends with a 'Nun' just like in the Qur'an, the first Al Muqattaat letter is 'Alif "and the last is' Nun '.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • In Lahore, Pakistan a school bus has been transformed into a mobile library: Alif Laila, which means Stories of 1001 Nights, brings books to children around

    February 2009 2009

  • In Lahore, Pakistan a school bus has been transformed into a mobile library: Alif Laila, which means Stories of 1001 Nights, brings books to children around

    Bringing Books to Children- Ruurs 2009

  • Alif told the man that ran the dump that I was a Canadian reporter doing a documentary on recycling efforts in Indonesia.

    Jim Keady: The Dumping and Burning of Nike Scrap Shoe Rubber 2010

  • “Kámat Alfiyyah,” like an Alif, the first of the Arabic alphabet, the Heb.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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