Al-Madkhal ila 'Ilm al-Qiraa'aat - Dr. Abdul Qayyum Al-Sindi

Introduction to the Science of Quranic Recitations/Readings - Dr. Abdulqayyum As-Sindi

This book defines the science of readings and its terminology: such as the choice, the novel, the manner, the path, the origins, and the specific rules for some Quranic words. It demonstrates the source of the recitations, the relevance of the science of recitations, its virtues and its benefits. It differentiates between the Qur’an and al-Qiraa’aat, shows the relationship of recitations to the seven letters, chronicles the origins of the science of recitations and the stages it went through, and shows the conditions for the validity of the recitation, and the types of recitations in terms of validity.

The book covers what was said about the reasons for the different recitations, the issue of preference between them, the suspicions raised around them, and shows ways to receive and approve the recitations, and the sciences related to the science of recitations and its impact on them. It also provides biographies of the ten imams of the recitation, their narrators, their paths, and the most prominent Quran readers who authored books in this field. It explains the origins of the ten recitations, mentions their chains of transmission, and the most important recitation books.