To understand the significance of the , one must first understand the concept of the "Kitab" in the Nusantara context. The word Kitab is Arabic for "book," but in the Malay-Indonesian lexicon, it refers specifically to classical Islamic texts written in Arabic, often with interlinear translations in Malay or Javanese using Pegon script (Arabic letters used to write local languages).
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To understand the significance of the , one must first understand the concept of the "Kitab" in the Nusantara context. The word Kitab is Arabic for "book," but in the Malay-Indonesian lexicon, it refers specifically to classical Islamic texts written in Arabic, often with interlinear translations in Malay or Javanese using Pegon script (Arabic letters used to write local languages).
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