Ten Quran Recitations: History and Rules  

About this course

Course Topics
• Introduction to the 10 ways of reading
• How they were revealed to the Prophet (saw)
• Why Uthman (ra) burned the other mushafs
• The history of the Imams
• Differences in recitation
• How to recite in each one
• The Recitation of Ibn Kathir through Bazzi and Qunbul
• The recitation of Nafi’ from Qalūn
• The recitation of Nafi’ from Warsh
• The recitation of Abu Amr Al-Basri from both Dūrī and Sūsī
• The recitation of Abu Amr Al-Baṣrī from both Dūrī and Sūsī
• The recitation of Asim from Ḥafṣ and Shu̕bah
• The Rectiation of Ibn Amir from Hisham and Ibn Dhikwān
• The Recitation of Al-Kisā’ī from Abu Al-Harith and Dūrī
• The Recitation of Hamzah from Khalf and Khallād
• The Recitation of Abu Ja’far from Wardān and Ibn Jammāz
• The Recitation of Ya’qūb from Rawḥ and Ruways
• The Recitation of Khalaf from Idrīs and Isḥāq

Course details

The lesser ten (Al Ashara As-Sughra) refer to the seven recitations of the Quran outlined in the
Shatibiyyah poem by Imam Ash-Shatibi and the three recitations outlined by Imam Al-Jazaree in
the Durrah poem making a total of ten recitations each with their two chains of narrators. This
course covers the history of these recitations as well as the ways to recite in each style.

About the Instructor(s)

Dr. Alrahawan is Mishkah University’s Dean of Academic Affairs for the English department, and teaches courses in Fiqh, Hadith and Quran Sciences. He was instrumental in founding the university’s undergraduate Islamic Studies program in English. In addition he has an intensive history of scholarship at one of the oldest institutions in the world, Al-Azhar University. At the age of 21, he obtained his B.A. in Islamic studies from Al-Azhar University, earning the highest score at the Faculty of Languages and Translation. He gained his M.A. in 2002 and his PhD in 2007 at Al-Azhar, both in the field of Hadith Sciences. In addition to teaching at Mishkah, he continues to train local and international students at Al-Azhar University. Dr. Rahawan specializes in Hadith Sciences, Jurisprudence and Criticism, Quran Science and Shafi’i jurisprudence.