Why are numbers in Arabic (not Arabic numerals) written from left to right when the language is written from right to left?

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Or maybe the question should be why are (Western) Arabic numerals (i.e., 1, 2, 3…) written from left to right?

My question is why is 125 written ١٢٥ and not ٥٢١

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