Question
Assalamu
Aleikum. Thank you for the
advice. Inshallah, I will start with
surat
al Mulk and work my way down.
I have several questions concerning different qiraat Qaris use while reading
the book of Allah.
1. I was
listening to surah At- Tahrîm verse 4, and the Qari, who was reading, read:
"...wa jabraîlu..." instead of "...wa jibrîlu...". I
know he did not read in Hafs nor Warsh, so would you please tell me which
qiraah he used?
2. In surah Al
Mujâdilah (58) verse 11, first line "...idha qîla...", another
Qari ,who read in different ways, read " idha qwila" (he used the
letter waow). Would you tell us what sort of qiraa he used?
3. I like
listening to Warsh and As soosiyy readings whenever I have the occasion. I
have notice that, if I am not mistaken, As- soosiyy uses the plural a lot for
the mîm letter. My question is, do all the mîm letters in As -soosiyy should
be used with the plural or not?
4. You have
been doing a very good work with the site, I would like to know whether you
plan on developing Warsh lessons for the next future inshallah?
May Allah reward and help you inshallah.
Ma Salam
Answer
Wa alaikum
assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.
1. The name
“jibreel” is pronounced different ways in the different qira’aat, and
since we cannot determine from the transliteration whether there is a medd
and/or hamzah or not after the
, we can explain the different ways
it is recited and you then, insha’ Allah will know which qira’ah it was.
The recitation of Ibn Katheer recites this word as:
with
a fat-hah on the
and no hamzah after the
.
The recitation of
reads
this word as:
with
a fat-hah on the
and
a hamzah after the
, but no
after
the hamzah, so it is not lengthened. The recitation of
,
,
and
all read the word as:
, with a fat-hah on the
, and a hamzah and a lengthened
after
the
.
The rest of the qira’aat, including Hafs and Warsh, recite this word
as:
.
This is not just for this aayah, but in the whole Qur’an.
2.
There are three different recitations
in the ten qira’aat that make what is called
of
the kasrah of the
a dhammah in the word
.
There is a
mixing of a dhammah and kasrah, and thus the sound is something like a
with
a kasrah. The three qira’aat
that read this word this way are:
,
and
3.
We are not sure want is meant here about the meem, but will explain the
peculiarity with the recitation of Imam
.
The recitation of Imam
stands
out from other recitation because of the use of idghaam of two letters of the
same articulation point, or close in articulation point, even if both have
vowels (this is called
).
So for example, in the two words:
(Al-Baqarah
33), there are two of the letter
next
to each other in two words. In the
recitation of
,
he merges the two together in
,
which is done by putting a sukoon on the first
and
the second becoming emphasized (acquires a shaddah), and therefore has a
prolonged ghunnah. We believe that
this is what was being referred to in the question.
Many times the letter
saakinah
at the end of a word indicates plurality, but this is for all the different
qira’aat and this is not specific for the qira’ah of
.
4. Jazaka
Allahu khairan. We do have plans to explain the basic rules for each of
the qira’aat including Warsh on this site, and work is ongoing to make this
plan a reality, and by Allah’s Will and Mercy it will come to be.
It is excellent that you are
interesting in the qira'aat and have the desire to learn them, but do not let
this desire take time away from memorizing the Qur'an and completing it in
memory by one way (usually Hafs). Once you have memorized and mastered
the application of tajweed, you can devote yourself to the learning of the
qira'aat, insha' Allah. This is not to discourage you from listening and
picking up some of the rules for each qira'ah, we are impressed by your
keeness for learning, but just a reminder about the most important goal that
you should aim for.
Wa iyyaakum. Wa
assalaam alaikum
