The ten recitations or ten readings are ten Qira'ats and recitations of the Quran approved by scholars in their research to determine the frequent recitations.
History
The
Quran was revealed in seven
ahruf or letters, and the letters are not only in writing but also in pronunciation, meaning, vowel, endowment signs, and brevity due to the different accents and dialects of the
Arabs who recited the Qu'ran.
The Qu'ran was only revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, but his companions included a diverse population of Arabic speakers, and thus, differences in recitations arose.
Uthman ibn Affan compiled the Quran in one formation, and there are seven fixed recitations and three complementary readings of the seven, so the ten readings are completed, and all these readings and their pronouncements were reported by Muhammad and were transmitted by the Sahaba, the Tabi'un, and so on.
Spread
Most of these ten recitations are known by the scholars and people who have received them, and their number is due to their spreading in the
Islamic world.
However, the general population of Muslims dispersed in most countries of the Islamic world, their number estimated in the millions, read Hafs's narration on the authority of Aasim, which is more simply known as the Hafs' an Aasim style of recitation.
In the countries of the Maghreb, they read by reciting Imam Nafi, who is the imam of the people of Medina, whether it is the narration of Warsh or the narration of Qalun. However, Warsh' an Nafi tends to be more prevalent than Qalun an' Nafi.
In Sudan and Hadhramaut, they read the narration that Al-Duri narrated on the authority of Abu Amr.
Presentation
When the
ten recitations were scientifically stabilized, after an increase of three other readings added to the
Ahruf and the recitations of the
Seven readers by Imam
Ibn al-Jazari, the total became ten readings, and these three added readings are the readings of these Imams:
Recitations
The ten proven and verified recitations of the Imams Qāriʾs of the
Quran are in order:
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Nafiʽ al-Madani recitation.
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Ibn Kathir al-Makki recitation.
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Abu Amr of Basra recitation.
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Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi recitation.
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Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud recitation.
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Hamzah az-Zaiyyat recitation.
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Al-Kisa'i recitation.
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recitation.
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recitation.
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recitation.
Riwayaat
For each of the ten recitations, there are two reading versions or
riwaya, which counts twenty confirmed
riwayaat:
Twenty Quran confirmed Riwayaat
! style="text-align:center; background:Orange;" | N°
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! align=center | Riwayaat |
01 | Nafiʽ al-Madani | |
02 | Ibn Kathir al-Makki | |
03 | Abu Amr of Basra |
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Al-Douri 'an Abi 'Amr recitation
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Al-Soussi recitation
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04 | Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi | |
05 | Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud | |
06 | Hamzah az-Zaiyyat | |
07 | Al-Kisa'i | |
08 | Abu Ja'far al-Madani |
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Isa ibn Wirdan alhidha' Al-Madani recitation
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Sulaiman ibn Jummaz recitation
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09 | |
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Ruwais recitation
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Ruwh ibn abd Al-Momen recitation
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10 | |
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Ishaq ibn Ibrahim Al-Warraq recitation
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Idris ibn Abd Al-Karim Al-Haddad recitation
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See also