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Also known as Abu Sa'id Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qebṭi, Al-Rawwās, Al-Warshān

thumb|The end of Thaalibia Quran printed in Warsh's narration. '''Abu Sa'id Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qebṭi, better known as Warsh' (110-197AH), was a significant figure in the history of Quranic recitation (qira'at''), the canonical methods of reciting the Qur'an. Alongside Qalun, he was one of the two primary transmitters of the canonical reading method of Nafi‘ al-Madani. Together, their style is the most common form of Qur'anic recitation in the generality of African mosques outside of Egypt, and is also popular in Yemen and Darfur despite the rest of Sudan following the method of Hafs. The meth

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Arabic name.nasab ar
بن سعيد بن عبد الله بن عمرو بن سليمان بن إبراهيم
Religious biography.honorific_prefix
Imam
Religious biography.name
Warsh
Religious biography.native_name
ورش
Religious biography.native_name_lang
ar
Religious biography.image
Folio of Arabe 330 (b).jpg
Religious biography.caption
An early Kufic Quranic folio from the 8th century. Distinct colored dots serve as vocalization guides to distinguish between the Qira'at of Warsh (green) and Hamza (red).
Religious biography.religion
Islam
Religious biography.era
Islamic Golden Age
Religious biography.region
Egypt, Hejaz
Religious biography.birth_name
Uthman ibn Sa‘id al-Qutbi
Religious biography.birth_date
110 AH (728 CE)
Religious biography.birth_place
Qift, Egypt, Umayyad Caliphate
Religious biography.death_date
197 AH (812 CE) (aged 87)
Religious biography.death_place
Cairo, Egypt, Abbasid Caliphate
Religious biography.resting_place
City of the Dead (Al-Qarafa cemetery)
Religious biography.main_interests
Qira'at (Quranic Recitation), Tajwid
Religious biography.known_for
Warsh recitation (Riwayah Warsh 'an Nafi')

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name in native language
ورش
date of death
0812-00-00
date of birth
0728-01-01
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  • Warsh recitation
  • Biography
  • History
  • Influence
  • Comparison of Warsh and Hafs recitation
  • See also
  • Ten readers and transmitters
  • References

thumb|The end of Thaalibia Quran printed in Warsh's narration. '''Abu Sa'id Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qebṭi, better known as Warsh' (110-197AH), was a significant figure in the history of Quranic recitation (qira'at''), the canonical methods of reciting the Qur'an. Alongside Qalun, he was one of the two primary transmitters of the canonical reading method of Nafi‘ al-Madani. Together, their style is the most common form of Qur'anic recitation in the generality of African mosques outside of Egypt, and is also popular in Yemen and Darfur despite the rest of Sudan following the method of Hafs. The method of Warsh and his counterpart Qalun was also the most popular method of recitation in Al-Andalus. The majority of printed Mushafs today in North Africa and West Africa follow the reading of Warsh.

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