Warsh
Warsh (ورش) | |
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| Born | 728CE 110AH Egypt |
| Died | 812CE 197AH Egypt |
| Other names | Abu Sa'id Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qutbi, عثمان بن سعيد بن عبد الله ، أبو سعيد المصري |
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Abu Sa'id Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qutbi, better known as Warsh (110-197AH), was a significant figure in the history of
He died in 812CE.[2]
Warsh recitation
Warsh 'an Naafi' is one of the main canonical methods of reciting the
History
Imam Warsh (110-197AH) was born Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qutbi in Egypt. He was called Warsh, a substance of milk, by his teacher Naafi' because he was light skinned.[10] He learned his recitation from Naafi' at Medina. After finishing his education, he returned to Egypt where he became the senior reciter of the Quran.[11]
In the 10th century, the Muslim scholar
Comparison of Warsh and Hafs recitation
The
| رواية ورش عن نافع | رواية حفص عن عاصم | Ḥafs | Warsh | Chapter and Verse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| يَعْمَلُونَ | تَعْمَلُونَ | you do | they do | Al-Baqara 2:85 |
| وًأَوْصّى | وَوَصَّى | enjoined | instructed | Al-Baqara 2:132 |
| سَارِعُوا | وَسَارِعُوا | And hasten to | Hasten to | Al 'imran 3:133
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| مَا تَنَزَّلُ | مَا نُنَزِّلُ | we do not send down... | they do not come down... | Al-Ḥijr 15:8
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| قُل | قَالَ | he said | say! | Al-Anbiyā' 21:4
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| كَثِيرًا | كَبِيرًا | mighty | multitudinous | Al-Aḥzāb 33:68 |
| بِمَا | فَبِمَا | then it is what | it is what | Al-Shura 42:30
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| نُدْخِلْهُ | يُدْخِلْهُ | he makes him enter | we make him enter | Al-Fatḥ 48:17
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Another major difference between Hafs and Warsh recitation of the Quran is the pronunciation of the words. Modern Qurans have diacritical marks (known as Tashkil) and in some cases pronouncing the word differently could imply different meaning. Here are some examples:
| رواية ورش عن نافع | رواية حفص عن عاصم | Ḥafs | Warsh | Chapter and Verse |
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| مَلِكِ | مَالِكِ | Owner | King | Al-Fatihah Q1 :4 (Q1:3 in Warsh)
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| يٌكَذّبُونَ | يَكْذِبُونَ | they lie | they were lied to (or) they deny | Q2 :10 (Q2:9 in Warsh)
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| قُتِلَ | قَاتَلَ | And many a prophet fought | And many a prophet was killed | Al 'imran Q3:146 |
| سَاحِرَانِ | سِحْرَانِ | two works of magic | two magicians | Q28 :48
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See also
Ten readers and transmitters
- Nafi‘ al-Madani
- Qalun
- Warsh
- Ibn Kathir al-Makki
- Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala'
- Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi
- Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud
- Hamzah az-Zaiyyat
- Al-Kisa'i
- Abu Ja'far
- 'Isa ibn Waddan
- Ibn Jummaz
- Ya'qub al-Yamani
- Ruways
- Rawh
- Khalaf
- Ishaq
- Idris
References
- ^ a b "The Ten Readers and their Transmitters". www.islamic-awareness.org. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-04-24081-0.
- ISBN 978-0-521-53934-0.
- ISBN 978-0-7591-0190-6.
- ISBN 978-0-7391-4291-2.
- ISBN 978-1-317-96464-3.
- ISBN 978-0-226-31965-0.
- ISBN 978-90-04-29444-8.
- ISBN 978-0-7591-0190-6– via Google Books.
- ^ Encyclopedia, The Arabic. "الموسوعة العربية".
- ^ Nasser, Shady Hekmat. The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Qur'an: The Problem of Tawatur and the Emergence of Shawadhdh. Leiden: Brill, 2013, p. 154
- JSTOR 1596266.
- ^ A.Brockett, Studies in Two Transmission of the Qur'an, doctorate thesis, University of St. Andrews,Scotland, 1984, p.138
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