[AbdullahObaid]

What changes

The article in display names (rules 030 and 031). The standard showed the article only in code names. The registries already followed one split, but nothing stated it:

• Concepts drop the leading article in their display name, as in their code: Fathah.
• People and works keep it, because rule 056 takes their scholarly form, and that form includes the article: Al-Bazzi, Al-Shatibiyyah.
• Written Al- when it is the first word of a display name, al- anywhere else. Always hyphenated, never assimilated (Asbab al-Nuzul, not Asbab an-Nuzul).
• Surah names are outside this rule. Their registry sets their display form, and nothing about them changes.
• transliteration keeps the lowercase scholarly al- everywhere. Running prose uses lowercase al- and capitalises it only at the start of a sentence (writing-style guides, both languages).

Khalaf al-Ashir named in full. ishaq_an_khalaf_al_ashir and idris_an_khalaf_al_ashir named their qari Khalaf. Khalaf is also a rawi of Hamzah (khalaf_an_hamzah). Their names now match their codes:

	before	after
display	Ishaq an Khalaf	Ishaq an Khalaf al-Ashir
transliteration	Isḥāq ʿan Khalaf	Isḥāq ʿan Khalaf al-ʿĀshir
Arabic	إِسْحَاق عَن خَلَف	إِسْحَاق عَن خَلَف العَاشِر

Idris changes the same way. The codes don't change, and ishaq_an_khalaf / idris_an_khalaf still resolve.

Prose fix. A sentence in sajdah.tsv started with lowercase al-Itqan's.

Both decisions are recorded in decisions.md (Arabic and English) as settled on 2026-10-05.

Scan

Every registry, concept and prose file was checked for a capital Al- mid-name, Al without a hyphen, assimilated forms (ad-, ash-, an-…) and lowercase al- at the start of a display name. None remain.

Checks

python3 tools/build.py (17 steps) and pytest (173 tests) pass, and a second build changes nothing.