Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim reading

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The Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim reading is the most widely used canonical Qur’anic recitation tradition in the Muslim world, known for its standardized pronunciation and transmission.

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Label Occurrences
Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim reading canonical 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Qur’anic reading
canonical Qur’anic recitation
qirāʾa tradition
basedOn recitation of ʿĀṣim ibn Abī al-Najūd
comparedWith Qālūn ʿan Nāfiʿ reading NERFINISHED
Warsh ʿan Nāfiʿ reading
other canonical qirāʾāt
dominantIn Middle East NERFINISHED
North Africa NERFINISHED
South Asia NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
Sub-Saharan Africa NERFINISHED
Turkey NERFINISHED
contemporary Muslim world
the Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED
hasFeature codified tajwīd conventions
distinct treatment of hamza
distinct treatment of imāla is generally absent
limited use of saktāt (brief pauses)
specific rules for assimilation of lām of the definite article
specific rules for pronouncing final nūn and tanwīn
specific rules of ibtidāʾ (starting points)
specific rules of idghām (assimilation)
specific rules of madd (vowel lengthening)
specific rules of qalqala (consonant echoing)
specific rules of waqf (pausing)
standardized pronunciation rules
hasImām ʿĀṣim ibn Abī al-Najūd NERFINISHED
hasRāwī Ḥafṣ ibn Sulaymān NERFINISHED
influences Qur’anic audio recordings
Qur’anic calligraphy layout in printed muṣḥafs
global Qur’anic pedagogy
language Arabic
partOf ten canonical Qur’anic readings
recognizedAsCanonicalBy Sunni Muslim scholars
many Shia Muslim scholars
religion Islam
script Arabic script
standardizedIn modern printed Qur’ans
taughtIn Islamic seminaries
Qur’anic schools (kuttāb)
online Qur’an programs
ḥifẓ institutes
transmissionMethod memorization (ḥifẓ)
oral chain of transmission (isnād)
written muṣḥaf copies
transmittedBy Ḥafṣ ibn Sulaymān NERFINISHED
usedIn Egyptian standard muṣḥaf NERFINISHED
Indo-Pak script muṣḥafs
Medina muṣḥaf (King Fahd Complex standard edition) NERFINISHED
most printed muṣḥafs today
writingSystem Uthmanic rasm

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