Yahya al-Ghawthani
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Yahya al-Ghawthani is a contemporary Syrian scholar of the Quran, specialist in tajwīd (rules of recitation) and qirāʾāt (canonical readings), known for educational works such as Taysīr Aḥkām al-Tajwīd .
Education and Studies
Yahya Abd al-Razzaq al-Ghawthani pursued his religious training in Damascus, where he studied at the al-Furqan Institute and graduated in 1976 CE, receiving his graduation certificate directly from the scholar Hasan Habannakah al-Maydani . In the field of Quranic recitation, he studied the readings of Ibn Kathir, Asim, and Abu Amr via the transmission path of al-Shatibiyyah . He also recited the Ten Readings through both al-Shatibiyyah and al-Durrah under specialized recitation masters .
Scholarly Focus
Al-Ghawthani dedicated his teaching and writing to the transmission and pedagogical simplification of recitation sciences. He authored Taysīr Aḥkām al-Tajwīd (Facilitating the Rules of Tajwid), an introductory primer structured in a question-and-answer format for beginner students to protect the tongue from error during Quranic recitation . In the broader literature of Quranic recitation, he authored ʿIlm al-Tajwīd: Aḥkām Naẓariyyah wa-Mulāḥaẓāt ʿAmaliyyah Taṭbīqiyyah on theoretical and applied recitation rules, as well as al-ʿInāyāt al-Raḥmāniyyah fī Sharḥ al-Shāṭibiyyah, a commentary on the didactic poem of al-Shatibi .
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List of Works
Taysir Ahkam al-Tajwid - al-Mustawa al-Awwal (Facilitating the Rules of Tajwid – Level One) is an introductory primer on Quranic recitation arranged in a question-and-answer format for young students and beginner learners. Designed as an abridged pedagogical guide, it structures essential recitation principles to safeguard the tongue from errors when reciting the Quran.