Ahruf
Sign in to saveAccording to Islamic tradition, the Quran was revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel (). The seven reading variants (, singular: ), translated as 'styles', 'ways', 'forms' and 'modes', are said to have been taught by Michael. Islamic scholars agree that the were styles used by the early Muslims to recite the Quran.
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18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Scriptural basis
- First cluster of narrations
- Second cluster of narrations
- Third cluster of narrations
- Differences
- Why there are differences between the {{transliteration|ar|aḥruf}}
- Different dialects
- Other explanations for Ahruf and elements of it
- What happened to the ''ahruf''
- Comparison to Qira'at
- Questions
- Other ideas
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
According to Islamic tradition, the Quran was revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel (). The seven reading variants (, singular: ), translated as 'styles', 'ways', 'forms' and 'modes', are said to have been taught by Michael. Islamic scholars agree that the were styles used by the early Muslims to recite the Quran.
The Islamic Caliph Uthman compiled the Quran using one of the during the 7th century, and the other fell out of use. The are distinct from the , which are methods of pronouncing the Quran that also go back to Muhammad according to the Hadith.