Al-Soussi recitation

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The Al-Soussi recitation or Al-Soussi 'an Abi 'Amr (Arabic: رواية السوسي عن أبي عمرو, lit. 'Transmission of al-Soussi from Abi 'Amr') is a riwayah of the Quran, transmitted by al-Soussi from the Qiraʼat of Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala' al-Basri.

Qira'at and riwayat[edit]

Main article: Qiraʼat
Further information: Seven Readers and Ten recitations

The Qiraʼat are different linguistic, lexical, phonetic, morphological and syntactical forms permitted with reciting the Quran.[1][2] Differences between Qira'at are slight and include varying rules regarding the prolongation, intonation, and pronunciation of words,[3] but also differences in stops, vowels, consonants, leading to different pronouns and verb forms, and less frequently, entire words.

Each of the ten Qira'at has two riwayat (sing: riwayah), which, although different from each other, are both considered acceptable ways to read the Quran.[4]

The riwayah of the Quran that is in "general use" throughout most of the Muslim world today is that of Ḥafṣ on the authority of `Asim (Ḥafṣ being the Rawi, or "transmitter", and `Asim being the Qari or "reader").[5] However, the riwayah of Al-Douri 'an Abi 'Amr is dominant in Sudan and Somalia,[6] and the riwayah of Warsh 'an Nafi' dominant in North (except Libya, where Qalun 'an Nafi' is dominant, Egypt, where the aforementioned Hafs is dominant, and Sudan, as described above) and West Africa.[7]

Chain of transmission[edit]

The riwayah is transmitted by Abu Shu'ayb al-Soussi, on the authority of Yahya al-Yazidi, on the authority of Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala' al-Basri, from Mujahid ibn Jabr, from Abdullah ibn Abbas, from Ubayy ibn Ka'b, from the Prophet Muhammad.[8]

Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala' al-Basri[edit]

Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala' al-Basri was a Qāriʾ from a branch of the Banu Tamim,[9] He studied under Ibn Abi Ishaq, and was a renowned scholar of Arabic grammar in addition to his knowledge of the Quran, founding the Basran school of grammar.[10] Among his own pupils were Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi,[11][12] Yunus ibn Habib[13] and Harun ibn Musa.[14] Although he never met Sibawayhi, the ethnic Persian considered the father of Arabic grammar, Sibawayhi quotes from Abu 'Amr 57 times in his well-known Kitab, mostly by transmission from Ibn Habib and al-Farahidi.[15]

In addition to Al-Soussi, Ibn al-'Ala's Qira'ah was also transmitted by Al-Duri.[16]

Abu Shu'ayb al-Soussi[edit]

Abu Shu'ayb al-Soussi was a Qari' who learnt the Quran in the Qira'ah of Abu 'Amr through Yahya al-Yazidi.[17]

Characteristics[edit]

The riwayah is characterised by its higher use of idgham kabir. Other characteristics are its use of taqlil and imalah, although they are in comparable use to other recitations.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Islamic Beliefs, Practices, and Cultures. Marshall Cavendish. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7614-7926-0.
  2. ^ Kahteran, Nevad (2006). "Hafiz/Tahfiz/Hifz/Muhaffiz". In Leaman, Oliver (ed.). The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 233. ISBN 9780415326391. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. ^ Khatib, Ammar; Khan, Nazir (23 August 2019). "The Origins of the Variant Readings of the Qur'an". Yaqueen Institute. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. ^ "رواية الإمام السوسي عن أبي عمرو - إسلام ويب - مركز الفتوى". www.islamweb.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  5. ^ Böwering, Gerhard. Recent Research on the Construction of the Quran. p. 72.
  6. ^ "رواية الدوري – مجمع الملك فهد لطباعة المصحف الشريف". fonts.qurancomplex.gov.sa. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  7. ^ Aisha Geissinger, Gender and Muslim Constructions of Exegetical Authority: A Rereading of the Classical Genre of Qurʾān Commentary, pg. 79. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2015. ISBN 9789004294448
  8. ^ "سند رواية السوسي الى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم". منتديات مزامير آل داوُد (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  9. ^ Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, History of the Prophets and Kings, trans. G. Rex Smith. Vol. 14: The Conquest of Iran, pg. 71. Albany: SUNY Press, 1989.
  10. ^ al-Aṣmaʿī at the Encyclopædia Britannica Online. ©2013 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Accessed 10 June 2013.
  11. ^ Introduction to Early Medieval Arabic: Studies on Al-Khalīl Ibn Ahmad, pg. 2. Ed. Karin C. Ryding. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1998. ISBN 9780878406630
  12. ^ Eckhard Neubauer, "Al-Khalil Ibn Ahmad and Music." Taken from Early Medieval Arabic: Studies on Al-Khalīl Ibn Aḥmad, pg. 63. Ed. Karin C. Ryding. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1998. ISBN 9780878406630
  13. ^ Ibn Khallikan, Deaths of Eminent Men and History of the Sons of the Epoch, vol. 4, pg. 586. Trns. William McGuckin de Slane. London: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1871.
  14. ^ M.G. Carter, Sibawayh, pg. 21. Part of the Makers of Islamic Civilization series. London: I.B. Tauris, 2004. ISBN 9781850436713
  15. ^ M.G. Carter, Sibawayh, pg. 19.
  16. ^ Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, trans. Franz Rosenthal. Vol. 1: General Introduction and From the Creation to the Flood, pg. 58.
  17. ^ "ص273 - كتاب مسالك الأبصار في ممالك الأمصار - أبو شعيب السوسي - المكتبة الشاملة الحديثة". al-maktaba.org. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  18. ^ "أصول رواية السوسي عن البصري" (PDF).

Further reading[edit]

A copy of the Quran written in the Al-Soussi recitation

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