<![CDATA[Rasm Uthmāni has commonly been examined as a system of Qur’anic orthography and textual preservation, while its distinctive written forms also invite interpretive analysis. This study examines the semiotic, aesthetic, and hermeneutic significance of selected orthographic features and their contribution to approaches to Qur’anic interpretation. Employing a qualitative descriptive-analytical method, the study draws on works by al-Dānī, al-Zarkashī, al-Marrākushī, and Muhammad Syamlūl, supported by scholarship on Qur’anic manuscripts and printed editions. Selected instances of letter addition, omission, and orthographic variation are examined through Saussure’s signifier–signified distinction, Peirce’s representamen–object–interpretant model, and Schleiermacher’s grammatical and psychological hermeneutics. The analysis relates the additional yā’ in bi’aydī (Q.S. al-Dhāriyāt: 47) to classical interpretations of divine power, examines the omitted alif in al-qawā’id (Q.S. al-Nūr: 60) within its linguistic and exegetical context, and discusses tā’ maftūḥah in selected references to women in relation to marital and spiritual circumstances. The discussion also situates the tawqīfī view within debates over orthographic preservation and draws on studies documenting the coexistence of Uthmāni and Imlā’ī conventions in Nusantara manuscripts. These findings demonstrate how the relationship between visual form, textual context, and classical interpretation enriches approaches to Qur’anic exegesis. The study thus highlights Rasm Uthmāni as an intersection of textual preservation, visual aesthetics, and interpretation, offering an integrated perspective on Qur’anic interpretation methodology.]]>
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