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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

The Ten Readings of the Qur'an

حِرْزُ الأَمَانِي وَوَجْهُ التَّهَانِي ۞ وَالدُّرَّةُ الْمُضِيَّةُ

A Comprehensive English Textbook of the Quranic Variant Readings
from al-Shāṭibiyyah of Imām al-Shāṭibī (d. 590 AH) and al-Durrah of Imām Ibn al-Jazarī (d. 833 AH)


Under Scholar Review

This textbook is being reviewed by a qualified scholar. The uṣūl (recitation rules) have been cross-checked against the matn and published references; individual farsh rows marked (awaiting confirmation) still need a printed-sharḥ check. See the Scholar Review summary for the verification status.

This textbook decodes the 1,173-line poem of al-Shāṭibiyyah (the seven readings) and the 241-line poem of al-Durrah al-Muḍiyyah (the three that complete the ten) into accessible English — the ten canonical Quran readings through their twenty transmission chains (rāwīs), for students who know Ḥafṣ's recitation and basic tajwīd.


Foundations

Introduction Cross-Cutting Concepts

The Ten Readings

Readings 1–7 are from al-Shāṭibiyyah; 8–10 from al-Durrah.

1. Nāfiʿ al-Madanī

The Imām & His Rāwīs

Qālūn Warsh

2. Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī

The Imām & His Rāwīs

al-Bazzī Qunbul

3. Abū ʿAmr al-Baṣrī

The Imām & His Rāwīs

al-Dūrī al-Sūsī

4. Ibn ʿĀmir al-Shāmī

The Imām & His Rāwīs

Hishām Ibn Dhakwān

5. ʿĀṣim al-Kūfī

The Imām & His Rāwīs

Shuʿbah Ḥafṣ

6. Ḥamzah al-Kūfī

The Imām & His Rāwīs

Khalaf Khallād

7. al-Kisāʾī al-Kūfī

The Imām & His Rāwīs

Abū al-Ḥārith al-Dūrī

8. Abū Jaʿfar al-Madanī

The Imām & His Rāwīs Ibn Wardān Ibn Jammāz

9. Yaʿqūb al-Ḥaḍramī

The Imām & His Rāwīs Ruways Rawḥ

10. Khalaf al-ʿĀshir

The Imām & His Rāwīs Isḥāq Idrīs

Appendices

Scholar Review Appendix A: Quick Reference Table Appendix B: Madd Comparison Chart Appendix C: Confidence & Sources Appendix D: Glossary Appendix E: Per-Rāwī Quick Reference Appendix F: Further Reading The Rumūz System The Rumūz of al-Durrah Appendix G: Matn of al-Shāṭibiyyah Appendix H: Matn of al-Durrah


وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ