Suheil Laher

Between East and West: The Ḥijāzī-Tamīmī Cleavage and Non-Uniformity of the Qur’anic Reading Traditions

Abstract The recitations of two of the eponymous Qur’an-masters, the Medinan Nāfiʿ and the Kufan Ḥamzah, are compared in light of prominent differences between the early Ḥijāzī and Tamīmī dialects. Although the qirāʾāt do not reflect pure dialects (as observed by Van Putten), nevertheless I find that local linguistic p...