al-Tajrid li-Bughyat al-Murid fi al-Qiraat al-Sab
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al-Tajrid li-Bughyat al-Murid fi al-Qiraat al-Sab (The Divestment for the Seeker's Goal in the Seven Readings) is a manual on the seven canonical Quranic readings composed by the Andalusian-Sicilian scholar Abu al-Qasim Ibn al-Fahham (d. 516 AH / 1123 CE) .
Author and Context
The work was authored by Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr Atiq ibn Khalaf al-Qurashi al-Siqilli, known as Ibn al-Fahham, who served as a leading recitation authority in Alexandria . Ibn al-Fahham studied under prominent recitation masters such as Abd al-Baqi ibn Faris, Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Nafis, and Abu al-Husayn al-Farisi, transmitting the seven reading traditions through direct oral recitation .
Content and Methodology
The work is characterized by brevity, designed to serve both beginning students seeking rapid comprehension and advanced scholars reviewing variant readings . Ibn al-Fahham organized the book around the material he directly received from his teachers, linking each reading variant and narrator's path (tariq) back through continuous transmission chains (isnad) reaching the Prophet ﷺ .
The text outlines both general phonetic and grammatical principles (usul)—such as rules for the refuge-seeking formula (isti'adhah), pause and transition between chapters, vowel prolongation (madd), assimilation (idgham), and the realization or softening of hamzah—as well as surah-by-surah textual variants (farsh al-huruf) .
Transmission and Reception
al-Tajrid became an authoritative source in subsequent recitation scholarship. It was transmitted through prominent scholars including Yahya ibn Sa'dun al-Azdi al-Qurtubi and Barakat ibn Ibrahim al-Khushū'i . Ibn al-Jazari relied upon al-Tajrid as one of the direct source texts incorporated into his seminal compilation al-Nashr fi al-Qiraat al-Ashr . Later commentators on recitation didactic poems, such as Abu al-Qasim al-Nuwayri in his commentary on Tayyibat al-Nashr and Ali ibn Uthman ibn al-Qasih in his commentary on the Shatibiyyah, cited and drew evidence from al-Tajrid .
Manuscripts and Editions
Manuscript copies of al-Tajrid are preserved across several repositories, including the Berlin State Library, Princeton University Library, al-Azhar Library, and the Taymuriyya Library .
The work has been published in modern editions, including an edition edited by Dhari Ibrahim al-Asi al-Duri (Amman: Dar Ammar, 2002) and an edition edited by Abd al-Rahman Ibrahim Badr .
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