al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi Ulum al-Arabiya

al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi Ulum al-Arabiya (The Variant Readings and Their Impact on the Sciences of the Arabic Language) is a two-volume linguistic study by the Egyptian Quranic scholar Muhammad Salim Muhaysin (d. 1422 AH / 2001 CE), examining the influence of the ten canonical variant Quranic readings on Arabic phonetics, morphology, syntax, dialectology, and rhetoric Mabahith fi Ilm al-Qiraat…+1.

Composition and Scope

Muhaysin completed the book in Medina on Monday, 1 Rajab 1404 AH (2 April 1984 CE) after several years of continuous work al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi …. Before publication, he presented the manuscript to Abd al-Azim Ali al-Shinnawi, head of the Department of Linguistics at the Islamic University of Madinah, who reviewed it and authorized its printing al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi ….

The work aims to classify the variant readings by grouping linguistic analogies and parallels (al-ashbah wa-l-nazair) together al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi …. The author restricted the core source material of his linguistic analysis to the ten canonical readings transmitted via the Nashr path of Ibn al-Jazari (d. 833 AH) al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi …. In the introductory discussions, Muhaysin argues against Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi's position that the Quran and the qiraat are two distinct entities, maintaining that both terms represent a single reality al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi ….

Structure and Contents

The work is organized into an introduction, eleven main chapters (abwab), a conclusion, and an analytical index of topics al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi …:

• Chapter 1 (The Variant Readings): Divided into four sections covering the emergence of the readings, their relationship to the seven modes (al-ahruf al-sab'a), the sources relied upon by Ibn al-Jazari, and biographies of the ten canonical readers al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi ….
• Chapter 2 (Impact on Ancient Arabic Dialects): Divided into three sections addressing dialectal variations rooted in phonetics (such as assimilation, clear pronunciation, voweling shifts, and softening of the hamza), etymological origins, and morphology Mabahith fi Ilm al-Qiraat…+1.
• Chapter 3 (Arabized Words in the Quran): Treats non-Arabic loanwords mentioned in the Quran, such as Jibril, Mikail, Ibrahim, Zakariyya, Zabur, Azar, and al-Yasa' Mabahith fi Ilm al-Qiraat…+1.
• Chapter 4 (Non-Derived and Derived Forms): Comprises eleven sections examining variations across nominal roots, past and imperative verb forms, active and passive voices, derivation patterns, active and passive participles, adjectives, and morphological meters al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi …+1.
• Chapter 5 (Omission and Mention): In two sections, covering variations in omitting or expressing words according to Uthmanic orthography and contextual causes al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi ….
• Chapter 6 (The Hamza of Inna and Anna): Covers the rules regarding the vocalization of the hamza with kasra or fatha al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi ….
• Chapter 7 (Masculine and Feminine Verbs): Studies variations in gender agreement between verbs and subjects al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi ….
• Chapter 8 (Rhetoric of the Quran: Grammatical Shift): Discusses iltifat across two sections, analyzing transitions between the third, second, and first persons al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi ….
• Chapter 9 (The Method of Syntactic Concord): Divided into four sections covering concord (haml) with third-person, second-person, royal plural (nun al-azama), and first-person pronouns al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi ….
• Chapter 10 (The Effect of the Syntactic Governor): Analyzes the impact of grammatical operators (al-amil al-nahwi) on variations in case and mood al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi ….
• Chapter 11 (The Craft of Parsing): Explores parsing alternatives (san'at al-i'rab) arising from different readings al-Qiraat wa Atharuha fi ….

Editions

The work was published in two volumes by Maktabat al-Kulliyyat al-Azhariyya in Cairo (1404 AH / 1984 CE), and later issued in a first edition by Dar al-Jil in Beirut (1418 AH / 1998 CE) Muqaddimat fi Ilm al-Qira…+1.