Introduction to Learn All Ten Qirats:
A Hadith from the Prophet (peace be upon him) mentions that the Quran was revealed in seven ahruf, or Arabic dialects. During Hazrat Uthman’s rule, Muslims unified the Quran in the Quraysh dialect. This was to avoid confusion as Islam spread to non-Arab regions.
The Quran features various recitation styles called Qirats. There are seventeen Qirats, with ten recognized as authentic by the Muslim Ummah. Each Qirat has unique recitation methods and Tajweed rules. Online academies offer comprehensive courses to learn all ten Qirats, including their meanings and rules. Seven of these Qirats are mutawatir, transmitted with such certainty that error is impossible. The remaining three are mashhūr, with a slightly smaller chain of narrators. Explore these ten Qirats, beginning with the seven mutawatir and then the three mashhūr.
Learn 10 Qirats Online and Names of the Ten Qirats
- Nāfi’ bin ‘Abdul Rahmān bin Abī Na’īm al-Madanī: Imam Malik and Imam Ahmad frequently recited the Quran using Nāfi’s Qirat, preserved by Warsh and Qalūn.
- ‘Abdullah bin Kathīr al-Makkī: Imam Shāfi’ī followed Ibn Kathīr’s Qirat, maintained by al-Buzzī and Qumbul.
- Abū ‘Amr al-Basrī: His Qirat is upheld by al-Dūrī and al-Sūsī, his dedicated disciples.
- ‘Abdullah bin ‘Āmir al-Shamī: Hishām and Zakwān preserved and transmitted al-Yahsabī’s Qirat.
- ‘Asim al-Kūfī: Imam Abū Hanifa and Imam Ahmad recited ‘Asim’s Qirat, safeguarded by Hafs and ‘Asim, also known as the Qirat of Hafs and Asim.
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Renowned Qaris and Their Preserved Qirats
- Hamza bin Habīb al-Ziyat al-Kufī: Imam Khalaf and Khallad are the two Qaris who preserved the Qirat of Hamza. It should be noted that al-QarīKhalaf has his own Qirat too that is listed at the number 10 of the ten Qirats.
- Abul-Hasan ‘Alī bin Hamza al-Kasā’ī al-Nahwi al-Kūfī:Qari al-Layth and al-Durī are the two persons who preserved this Qirat.
- AbūJa’farYazīd bin al-Qa’qā’ al-Madanī: ‘Isā and Slayman are the two Qaris from the line of this Qirat goes down.
- Ya’qūb bin Ishāq al-Hadramī al-Basrī: It is quite a famous that Imam Muhammad bin Isma’īl al-Bukhāri used to recite the Holy Quran according to the Qirat of Ya’qūb. The two persons who preserved this Qirat are Ruwais and Rūh.
- Khalaf bin Hishām: Khalaf is the person who are double credit with respect to the then Qirats of the Holy Quran. One the one hand, he is one of the two Qaris who preserved the Qirat of Hamza while on the other hand, he has his own style of recitation. The two Qaris who preserved the Qirat of Khalaf are Ishāq and Idrīs.
The majority of the Muslim Umma today recites Quran according to the Qirat of Hafs and Asim. According to a careful estimate, nearly 95% of the Muslims today recite the Holy Quran according to the Qirat of Hafs and Asim
