Muhammad Fahd Kharuf
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Muhammad Fahd Kharuf is a contemporary Syrian scholar of Quranic recitations (qira'at) known for his instructional works on canonical variants, notably al-Muyassar fi al-Qiraat al-Arba Ashara and al-Qiraat al-Ashr al-Mutawatirah .
Scholarly Career and Reception
Kharuf established himself as a teacher and specialist in the transmission of Quranic variant readings, earning recognition as the compiler of Mushaf al-Qiraat . Among his students was the Algerian scholar Muhammad Ahmad Shaqrun, who studied Abu Ali al-Farisi's al-Hujjah fi al-Qiraat al-Sab under him and recited Surah al-Baqarah individually in the recitations of Ibn Kathir, Abu 'Amr al-Duri, Ibn Amir, Asim, Hamza, and al-Kisai .
His scholarly contributions focused on systematizing the rules of Quranic recitations for students and researchers. His major manual on the fourteen readings, al-Muyassar fi al-Qiraat al-Arba Ashara (The Facilitated Guide to the Fourteen Quranic Readings), was published in Damascus in a large volume alongside appendices containing the fundamental principles of the fourteen readings and concise biographical notices for each of the fourteen canonical readers . His work al-Qiraat al-Ashr al-Mutawatirah min Tariqay al-Shatibiyyah wa-l-Durrah (The Ten Recurrent Recitations from the Paths of al-Shatibiyyah and al-Durrah) was reviewed by Muhammad Karim Rajih, the head of the reciters of Damascus . He also authored al-Qiraat wa-l-Ahruf al-Saba (The Recitations and the Seven Variant Readings), which addressed the relationship between the canonical readings and the prophetic tradition concerning the revelation of the Quran .
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al-Muyassar fi al-Qiraat al-Arba Ashara (The Facilitated Guide to the Fourteen Quranic Readings) is a contemporary treatise on Quranic recitations. It addresses the fourteen readings of the Quran, encompassing both the ten canonical recitations and the four supplementary readings, serving as a specialized manual that details variant pronunciations, canonical differences, and reading transmissions across the Quranic text.