Barak Allâhu fîk.. Very interesting..
But I was wondering, how do I know which of the ten qira'at I recite?

Originally Posted by Ms. Amira

Barak Allâhu fîk.. Very interesting..
But I was wondering, how do I know which of the ten qira'at I recite?

The most commonly recited sub-form of Recitation is in accordance to Hafs bin Sulaiman. However, there is a chance that you may be reciting in a slightly different style. Also as now we are working on getting people to teach more than one of the seven authentic Ahruf to more advance students of Tajweed, it will Insha-Allah become common knowledge of Recitation.

If anyone of you is in UK, Birmingham (Central Area) and wishes to learn Tajweed to a higher level; please FEEL FREE to send me an e-mail to esiraat@yahoo.com titled: TAJWEED!

So, if I recite in a slighty different style, does it matter then?
Is it the way you sound when you recite that defines which way you recite, or is it the rules you recite after that defines it?

No its not about the sound as such, its to due with the Tajweed rule and in some cases the words are substituted, however these are all authentic way of reciting the Quran as tought to us by the Prophet

To get an idea of the differences you can listen to the following to recitations of Surah Fatir [all recitations by Ali Al-Hudhaify]:
Hafs 'an Asim (#5 on list)
Qaloon 'an Naafi' (#1 on list)

As one can see, the different recitations are almost completely identical except for a few words which are pronounced differently. For example,
Hafs: wa hûwa al-azîz al-hakîm
Qaloon: wahwa al-azîz al-hakîm
Translation: And He is the AllMighty, the AllWise.


Here are some more samples for Surah Al-Mulk [all recitations by Ahmad Al-Me’serawe]:
Qumbul 'an Ibn Katheer Al-Makkee
Ad-Doori 'an Abu Amr Al-Basree
Khalaf 'an Hamzah Al-Kufi
Ibn Dhawkan 'an Ibn Aamir Ash-Shami
Abi Harith 'an Al-Kisaa'ee
Sulayman 'an Abu Ja'far Al-Madanee
Isa 'an Abu Ja'far Al-Madanee
Ishaaq 'an Khalaf

Again the main difference is just the different pronounciation of wa hûwa or wahwa, hal tarâ or hal tarî, a prolonged or shortened vowelization for one or two words, and so on.

Originally Posted by Ansar Al-'Adl

There are 4 benefits which show the Wisdom of Allah revealing the Qur'an in seven ahruf:

1. To facilitate the memorization of the Qur'an. The arabs did not all speak arabic in the same way. The ahruf eased the memorization and was significant in the preservation of the Qur'an.

2. To prove the miraculous nature of the Qur'an. For despite all the differences, the meaning of the Ahruf did not contradict one another, but rather were complimentary.

3. To prove the truthfulness of the Prophet Muhammad saws, for despite the fact that he was illiterate, the revelation of the Qur'an occured in different tribal dialects and different words, all of which consisted of the most fluent and eloquent speech of his time.

4. To honour the ummah of the Prophet Muhammad saws and show its superiority over all other nations.

Jk khair for this bro, i always wondered on the wisdom behind this, subhanallah never thought of it as a miracle such that it was fluent in all dialects, so Muhammed PBUH definitely could not have written it then

barakallahu feek habeebi kareem Ansaar
that was excellent.

Yes Abu Amr Qaadhi's work is the best.

Dont forget Bilaal phillips did something, not as detailed as his, but ialso explains the ahruf wal qiraat.

as for what everybody resites, everyone here, usually recites in hafs form.

however everyone here must know that without proper ijazaat form an official established reciter, the style that you even imitate is not that style until you get the ijaazah for it. That is because everyone who just reads the mushaaf and goes off of that alone is not reciting 100 percent properly doto the importance of tajweed either by not giving enough stress to each vowelizations of each letter etc.

Even the one that Saudi prints with the different colers to tell the reciter the length of each letter being pronounced is under hafs form.

I dont think there is another quraan like this in the other forms, which means to recite it, you must se a shaykh of that form

I know an Imam here who knows both Hafs form and warsh form with its ijazaah. His warsh is, well the best way to describe it is "subhanallah"

asalamu alaikum

in morroco quraans are available commenly in warsh form and in libya qaloon

Insha'allah my teacher said after i finish the quran he will teach me different styles to read.

AsalamuAlaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh,

To prove the truthfulness of the Prophet Muhammad saws, for despite the fact that he was illiterate, the revelation of the Qur'an occured in different tribal dialects and different words, all of which consisted of the most fluent and eloquent speech of his time.

wow indeed Alhamdhulillah!

Please let me know if anyone found this informative.

Yes sir.

si senoir!

erm adios Peace!

mashaAllah i'd love to hear recitation in all these different forms. anyone have links? ive heard warsh and hafs, but does anyone have any audios/videos of the other recitations?

Originally Posted by Talibatul Ilm

mashaAllah i'd love to hear recitation in all these different forms. anyone have links? ive heard warsh and hafs, but does anyone have any audios/videos of the other recitations?

Have a look at this link HERE inshaAllah.

..you'll have to keep scrolling down for the different qira'aat.

Hope it helps.

There's afamous youtube vide of the 10 Famous Qiraat recited on Surah Ikhlas by Mishary Rashid Al Efasy.

^ Post it up here please bro? would love to listen to it.

I think it's the thrid or so sounds amazing, 'kuf an----------ahad' sounds so amazing.