Revelation Of The Qur'an In Seven Ahrûf

[riad19]

According to hadith literature, Qur'an is revealed in seven modes. The most of famous of those hadiths is reported in Muwatta, which is the first book of hadith compiled by Malik ibn Anas.

Malik Ibn Anas has reported:

Abd al-Rahman Ibn Abd al-Qari narrated: “ Umar Ibn Khattab said before me: I heard Hisham Ibn Hakim Ibn Hizam reading Surah Furqan in a different way from the one I used to read it, and the Prophet (sws) himself had read out this surah to me. Consequently, as soon as I heard him, I wanted to get hold of him. However, I gave him respite until he had finished the prayer. Then I got hold of his cloak and dragged him to the Prophet (sws). I said to him: “I have heard this person [Hisham Ibn Hakim Ibn Hizam] reading Surah Furqan in a different way from the one you had read it out to me.” The Prophet (sws) said: “Leave him alone [O ‘Umar].” Then he said to Hisham: “Read [it].” [Umar said:] “He read it out in the same way as he had done before me.” [At this,] the Prophet (sws) said: “It was revealed thus.” Then the Prophet (sws) asked me to read it out. So I read it out. [At this], he said: “It was revealed thus; this Qur’an has been revealed in Seven Ahruf. You can read it in any of them you find easy from among them.

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Does anyone here know any style other than Hafss (which is the common style)? I was listening to some Khalaf recitation and khalaf sounds really cool

please post more videos or links mp3s of other modes of recitation if you find any

[frosama]

Originally Posted by riad19

According to hadith literature, Qur'an is revealed in seven modes. The most of famous of those hadiths is reported in Muwatta, which is the first book of hadith compiled by Malik ibn Anas.

Malik Ibn Anas has reported:

Abd al-Rahman Ibn Abd al-Qari narrated: “ Umar Ibn Khattab said before me: I heard Hisham Ibn Hakim Ibn Hizam reading Surah Furqan in a different way from the one I used to read it, and the Prophet (sws) himself had read out this surah to me. Consequently, as soon as I heard him, I wanted to get hold of him. However, I gave him respite until he had finished the prayer. Then I got hold of his cloak and dragged him to the Prophet (sws). I said to him: “I have heard this person [Hisham Ibn Hakim Ibn Hizam] reading Surah Furqan in a different way from the one you had read it out to me.” The Prophet (sws) said: “Leave him alone [O ‘Umar].” Then he said to Hisham: “Read [it].” [Umar said:] “He read it out in the same way as he had done before me.” [At this,] the Prophet (sws) said: “It was revealed thus.” Then the Prophet (sws) asked me to read it out. So I read it out. [At this], he said: “It was revealed thus; this Qur’an has been revealed in Seven Ahruf. You can read it in any of them you find easy from among them.

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Does anyone here know any style other than Hafss (which is the common style)? I was listening to some Khalaf recitation and khalaf sounds really cool

please post more videos or links mp3s of other modes of recitation if you find any

Khalaf does sound cool and there are amazing people which can do the different styles like Mishary Rashid Al Afasy. Some of them sound like you use your nose more.

Afasy in Warsh
YouTube - Surah Ad-Duha - Sheikh Mishary Al-Afasy in Irvine

Afasy in Khalaf
YouTube - Surah Ta-Ha طٰ�ٰ Part 1 of 4

etc.

As you can tell I'm an Afasy fan, the Sheikh has helped me memorize most of the surahs I know.

[riad19]

here are the seven transmission by the way -

# Nafi` of Madina (169/785), transmitted by Warsh and Qaloon
# Ibn Kathir of Makka (120/737), transmitted by Al-Bazzi and Qonbul
# Ibn `Amer of Damascus (118/736), transmitted by Hisham and Ibn Zakwan
# Abu `Amr of Basra (148/770), transmitted by Al-Duri and Al-Soosi
# `Asim of Kufa (127/744), transmitted by Sho`bah and Hafs
# Hamza of Kufa (156/772), transmitted by Khalaf and Khallad
# Al-Kisa'i of Kufa (189/804), transmitted by Abul-Harith and Al-Duri

[Rida]

http://www.islamicaweb.com/forums/re...nt-qirats.html
More details regarding their isnads.

was-Salaam

[riad19]

Originally Posted by frosama

Khalaf does sound cool and there are amazing people which can do the different styles like Mishary Rashid Al Afasy. Some of them sound like you use your nose more.

Afasy in Warsh
YouTube - Surah Ad-Duha - Sheikh Mishary Al-Afasy in Irvine

Afasy in Khalaf
YouTube - Surah Ta-Ha طٰ�ٰ Part 1 of 4

etc.

As you can tell I'm an Afasy fan, the Sheikh has helped me memorize most of the surahs I know.

bro ur awesome. i was looking for the taha recitation all morning many jazaks and rep points.

[the_wrong_guy]

As far as I'm aware (I'm actually quite sure about this), the Seven Ahruf were revealed according to the seven dialects of the Quraysh tribe. 10 riwayat(transmissions) have reached us. The should be distinguished from the original 7 Ahruf, because some of the differences are in transmission.

Even among these 10, there are differences among the students who transmitted these Qira'at.

I can recite Surah Maryam in Duri, and Surah A'la in another style (can't remember the name, but they read 'ee' as 'ay' (with amalah) and pause when a 'laam' is followed by a 'hamza').

[ShakirSahab]

Originally Posted by the_wrong_guy

As far as I'm aware (I'm actually quite sure about this), the Seven Ahruf were revealed according to the seven dialects of the Quraysh tribe. 10 riwayat(transmissions) have reached us. The should be distinguished from the original 7 Ahruf, because some of the differences are in transmission.

Even among these 10, there are differences among the students who transmitted these Qira'at.

I can recite Surah Maryam in Duri, and Surah A'la in another style (can't remember the name, but they read 'ee' as 'ay' (with amalah) and pause when a 'laam' is followed by a 'hamza').

i actually started a blog on this. it didn't get too far, cuz i couldn't keep up with it. but it has some introduction stuff, as well as a list of all the qira'at.

Brotha Akhee

the way i learned, we have 10 qira'at, (7 that are unanimously accepted because of their chains), and in each qira'ah, are two riwayat. so in total, you have 20 ways to recite that have reached us with full isnad.

[Jaysh]

As-salam Alaykum.

Bismillah.

Ahruf and Qira'at are not the same thing. Many people use these terms interchangeably, but this is not a correct understanding. As Ustadh Ayman bin Khaled said:

"There are many people who mistakenly think that the meaning of Quran was revealed on seven (ahruf) refers to the seven recitations [Qira'at] we have today. This [is a] misconception."

From my understanding, the Ahruf refer to variations in the wording itself. For example, "come here" can be said in different ways, such as "get over here". Or an elevator might be called a lift. In Arabic, for example, "come here" can be said in many different ways: halumma, aqbil, and ta'aal...all different ways of saying the same thing. The Quran was revealed in seven different Ahruf in order to make it easier for the various tribes to understand the Quran in their own dialects. Ibn al-Jawzi said:

As for the reason why it was revealed in Seven Ahruf, this was for sake of easiness and facilitation to this Ummah in order to honour them and as a sort of mercy...The Arabs in whose language the Qur’an was revealed had different tongues and dialects and it was too difficult for each of them to shift from one dialect to another or one Harf to another. Moreover, some may be unable to do this even with learning and training especially old men and women and those who never read a book as he (peace be upon him) has referred. If they were assigned with shifting away from their familiar tongues and dialects, it would be an impossible assignment. (Al-Jazari, An-Nashr 1/22-23)

As for the seven Ahruf, then they do not all exist today, at least not in the form of seven distinct readings, which was abolished by Caliph Uthman bin Affan. (There is debate amongst scholars on this issue...)

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi wrote a good book on the subject:

The Ahruf of The Qur’aan

The Qira’aat of the Qur’an

Fi Aman Allah.

As for Qira'at, this refers to the ways of pronunciation as we have in existence even today.