Q&A Thread (September 2021)
Question 10 : In Ghamidi Sahab’s article about variant readings of Quran, there is one reference used in support of his argument: “ The reading of Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman and Zayd ibn Thabit and that of all the Muhajirun and the Ansar was the same. They read the Quran according to the al-qira’at al-‘ammah. This is the same reading which was read out twice by the Prophet (sws) to Gabriel in the year of his death. Zayd ibn Thabit was also present in this reading [called] the al-‘ardah al-akhirah. It was this reading that he taught the Quran to people till his death “. [ Abu Abdullah Badr al-Din Muhammad ibn Bahadur ibn ‘Abdullah al-Zarkashi, Al-Burhan fi ‘ulum al-Qur’an, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (Beirut: Dar al-fikr, 1980), 237. ] Recent criticism by traditional scholars has claimed that this passage is talking about only the order/sequence of Quran and not the way to read it i.e. Qirat; hence Ghamidi Sahab has used an invalid reference to support his claim without giving due regard to the context of this statement. Original Thread : Discussion 57677