Muhammad Abdullah Ibrahim al-Barkati
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Muhammad Abdullah Ibrahim al-Barkati is a contemporary scholar specializing in Quranic readings (qira'at) and Quranic orthography (rasm al-mushaf), known for his academic study and edition Ward al-Taif fi Sharh Rawdat al-Taraif fi Rasm al-Mushaf .
Academic Career and Research
Al-Barkati completed his graduate studies in the Department of Qira'at at the College of the Holy Quran and Islamic Studies at the University of Jeddah . Under the academic supervision of al-Safi Salih al-Safi, he defended his master's thesis on Monday, 13 Jumada al-Akhira 1442 AH (28 December 2020 CE), which was approved with a recommendation to award the degree .
Al-Barkati's scholarly research focuses on Quranic orthography and the intellectual legacy of the eighth-century scholar Ibrahim ibn Umar al-Ja'bari . His work Ward al-Taif fi Sharh Rawdat al-Taraif fi Rasm al-Mushaf ("The Ta'if Rose in Explaining the Meadow of Novelties in Codex Orthography") provides an edition and commentary on al-Ja'bari's didactic poem on the orthography of the Uthmanic codices, analyzing its principles and its connection to al-Shatibi's Aqilat Atrab al-Qasa'id . In addition, his study al-Imam al-Ja'bari Shaykh Qurra Zamanihi ("Imam al-Ja'bari: The Master Reader of His Era") surveys al-Ja'bari's lineage, titles, biographical sources, and scholarly contributions to Quranic disciplines .
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List of Works
Ward al-Taif fi Sharh Rawdat al-Taraif fi Rasm al-Mushaf is a scholarly study, critical edition, and line-by-line commentary on Rawdat al-Taraif fi Rasm al-Masahif, a 218-verse didactic poem on Uthmanic Quranic orthography composed in the basit meter. The work presents an introductory analytical study examining the principles of Quranic orthography and its historical development up to the eighth century AH, followed by a vocalized and metrically verified edition of the poem with commentary explaining technical terminology, rhetorical points, and regional codex variants.
al-Imam al-Jaabari Shaykh Qurra Zamanihi is a biographical study examining the life, lineage, education, teachers, and scholarly output of the Shafi'i scholar and master of Quranic readings Ibrahim ibn Umar al-Ja'bari. The work systematically presents his upbringing, studies, travels to institutions like the Nizamiyya and Mustansiriyya madrasas, network of approximately two hundred teachers, and extensive bibliography across Quranic readings, orthography, hadith methodology, and law.