Abd al-Badi al-Nayrabani
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Abd al-Badi al-Nayrabani is a contemporary Syrian scholar and linguist based in Aleppo, specializing in Arabic linguistics, phonetics, and Quranic readings (qira'at), best known for his study al-Jawanib al-Sawtiyya fi Kutub al-Ihtijaj lil-Qiraat.
Education and Scholarly Career
Al-Nayrabani pursued advanced academic research in Arabic linguistics in Aleppo, completing his major work in Rabi al-Thani 1426 AH / May 2005 CE. His research was supervised by Mustafa Jatal, who oversaw the project throughout its development, as well as Salah Kazzara, who contributed supervision during one of its stages. Al-Nayrabani also studied under Ahmad Qaddur, through whose mentorship he developed his focus on linguistic research, and he drew upon the library and expertise of the Quranic reciter Muhammad Hamzah Attar, who held transmissions in the ten readings.
Scholarly Contribution
Al-Nayrabani's academic work focuses on the intersection of Arabic phonetics and the traditional justification literature (kutub al-ihtijaj) for Quranic readings. In his monograph al-Jawanib al-Sawtiyya fi Kutub al-Ihtijaj lil-Qiraat (Phonetic Aspects in the Books of Justification for Quranic Readings)—a study inspired by Ghanim Qadduri al-Hamad's research on phonetic studies among scholars of tajwid—he analyzed classical phonetic discussions, articulatory descriptions, and phonological rules preserved in the early ihtijaj tradition, re-evaluating their linguistic insights in light of modern phonetic science.
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al-Jawanib al-Sawtiyya fi Kutub al-Ihtijaj lil-Qiraat (Phonetic Aspects in the Books of Justification for Quranic Readings) is a specialized linguistic study examining the phonetic and phonological analyses presented in classical Arabic works dedicated to justifying Quranic variant readings (qiraat). It investigates the extensive phonetic material found in classical ihtijaj literature to re-evaluate these traditional linguistic discussions in light of modern phonetics.