Warsh
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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
Key facts
- 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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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Osman
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Qift
- Place of death
- El-Fustat
- Occupation
- qāriʾ
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Student of
- Nafi' al-Madani
- Field of work
- qira'at
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- name in native language
- ورش
- date of death
- 0812-00-00
- date of birth
- 0728-01-01
- different from
- Vareš
- Commons category
- Warsh
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- 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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