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Every spot where the canonical readers differ, and where seven other transmissions differ from Ḥafṣ, word by word.

Kufic folio with red dots marking the vowels, 11th–12th century
Kufic folio with red dots marking the vowels, 11th–12th century · credit
variant reading spots
5,783in 111 suras
verses with a variant
3,45555.4% of 6,236
readings recorded
18,9823.3 per spot
readers · transmitters
10 · 20
By transmitter

Where each departs from Ḥafṣ

  1. Warsh Nāfiʿ● 2,717 47%
  2. Qālūn Nāfiʿ● 2,410 41.7%
  3. Qunbul Ibn Kathīr● 2,562 44.3%
  4. al-Bazzī Ibn Kathīr● 2,551 44.1%
  5. al-Sūsī Abū ʿAmr● 3,502 60.6%
  6. al-Dūrī Abū ʿAmr● 2,421 41.9%
  7. Hishām Ibn ʿĀmir 1,673 28.9%
  8. Ibn Dhakwān Ibn ʿĀmir 1,559 27%
  9. Shuʿba ʿĀṣim● 593 10.3%
  10. Khalaf Ḥamza 2,421 41.9%
  11. Khallād Ḥamza 2,072 35.8%
  12. al-Dūrī al-Kisāʾī● 2,318 40.1%
  13. Abū al-Ḥārith al-Kisāʾī 1,970 34.1%
  14. Ibn Wardān Abū Jaʿfar 2,624 45.4%
  15. Ibn Jammāz Abū Jaʿfar 2,610 45.1%
  16. Ruways Yaʿqūb 2,296 39.7%
  17. Rawḥ Yaʿqūb 1,956 33.8%
  18. Idrīs Khalaf 1,676 29%
  19. Isḥāq Khalaf 1,676 29%

Spots where the transmitter's reading is not one Ḥafṣ shares, of 5,783. Includes pronunciation (uṣūl) as well as word-specific readings. ● = word differences listed under “Word differences vs Ḥafṣ”.

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Readings per spot

571 readings
2,5452 readings
1,5673 readings
4954 readings
3495 readings
7706+ readings

Source: Quranpedia qiraat dataset (18,982 readings).

Across the Qur'an

Variant spots per sura

1114sura order · darker = more spots · none = blank
4 spots in 3 verses
1:3 1 variant spot
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
  • الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ
    • (الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ) اظهار الميم الأولى مكسورة وبألف بعد الميم الثانيةIdrīs, Isḥāq, Rawḥ, Ruways, Shuʿba, Ḥafṣ, al-Dūrī, Abū al-Ḥārith
    • (الرَّحِيم مَّلِكِ) ادغام الميم في الميم وبحذف الألف بعد الميم الثانية.al-Sūsī
    • (الرَّحِيمِ مَلِكِ) اظهار الميم الأولى مكسورة وبحذف الألف بعد الميم الثانيةKhalaf, Ibn Jammāz, Ibn Wardān, Khallād, Qālūn, Ibn Dhakwān, Hishām, al-Dūrī, Qunbul, al-Bazzī, Warsh
1:6 1 variant spot
ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
  • الصِّرَاطَ
    • السراط (بالسين)Ruways, Qunbul
    • الصراط (اشمام الصاد زاياً)Khalaf, Khallād
    • الصراط (بالصاد)Idrīs, Isḥāq, Rawḥ, Shuʿba, Ḥafṣ, al-Dūrī, Abū al-Ḥārith, al-Sūsī, Ibn Jammāz, Ibn Wardān, Qālūn, Ibn Dhakwān, Hishām, al-Bazzī, Warsh
1:7 2 variant spots
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
  • صِرَاطَ
    • (صِراط) بالصادIdrīs, Isḥāq, Rawḥ, Shuʿba, Ḥafṣ, al-Dūrī, Abū al-Ḥārith, al-Sūsī, Ibn Jammāz, Ibn Wardān, Khallād, Qālūn, Ibn Dhakwān, Hishām, al-Bazzī, Warsh
    • سراط (بالسين)Ruways, Qunbul
    • صراط (باشمام الصاد زاياً)Khalaf
  • عَلَيْهِمْ
    • عليهُمْRawḥ, Ruways, Khalaf, Khallād
    • عليهِمُIbn Jammāz, Ibn Wardān, Qālūn, Qunbul, al-Bazzī
    • عليهِمْIdrīs, Isḥāq, Shuʿba, Ḥafṣ, al-Dūrī, Abū al-Ḥārith, al-Sūsī, Ibn Dhakwān, Hishām, Warsh