Abd al-Qayyum Abd al-Ghafur al-Sindi
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Abd al-Qayyum Abd al-Ghafur al-Sindi (also known by the kunya Abu Tahir) is a contemporary scholar of Quranic studies and variant readings (qira'at).
Scholarly Contribution
Al-Sindi's academic work focuses on the history of the Quranic text, the transmission of readings, and the codification of the scripture. In Mecca, he completed Safahat fi Ulum al-Qiraat (Pages on the Sciences of Quranic Readings) on 23 Rabi' al-Awwal 1415 AH (1994 CE), a textbook designed to introduce students to the foundational principles of recitation variants; it was published by al-Maktaba al-Imdadiyya in Mecca and subsequently reprinted in Beirut.
He also authored Jam' al-Quran al-Karim fi Ahd al-Khulafa al-Rashidin (The Collection of the Noble Quran during the Era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs), published in 1421 AH (2000 CE) by the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran in Medina. The treatise provides an analytical study of the textual collation and canonical compilation undertaken during the caliphates of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and Uthman ibn Affan.
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Jam' al-Qur'an al-Karim fi 'Ahd al-Khulafa' al-Rashidin (The Collection of the Noble Quran during the Era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs) is a scholarly treatise in Quranic studies presented in 1421 AH (2000 CE). The work examines the history, methodology, and characteristics of the compilation of the Quran during the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, focusing exclusively on the official compilations undertaken during the caliphates of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and Uthman ibn Affan.
Safahat fi Ulum al-Qiraat (Pages on the Sciences of Quranic Readings) is an introductory textbook on the sciences of Quranic readings (qiraat). Prepared to address university course requirements, it compiles, abridges, and arranges material from classical and contemporary sources on the discipline.