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5. variations due to the transposition of words in a phrase; for example, in verse
19 of Soorah Qaaf,
( Èd,ptø:$$Î/ ÏNöqyJø9$# äotõ3y ôNuä!%y`ur )
“And the stupor of death will come in truth,”
a variant recitation attributed to Aboo Bakr is:
ِ تْﻮَﻤْﻟﺎِﺑ ﱢﻖَﺤْﻟا ُةَﺮْﻜَﺳ ْتَءﺎَﺟَو
“And the stupor (ordained by) al-Haqq (Allaah) will come,
accompanied by death.”
6. variations due to the addition or subtraction of letters or words; for example, in
verses 1-3 of Soorah al-Layl:
tx.©%!$# t,n=y{ $tBur ÇËÈ 4©?pgrB #sÎ) Í$pk¨]9$#ur ÇÊÈ 4Óy´øót #sÎ) È@ø©9$#ur )
( ÇÌÈ #Ós\RW{$#ur
“By the night when it veils, and the day when it shines in brightness,
and Him Who created the male and female...”
The recitation of Ibn Mas‘ood and Aboo ad-Dardaa’ omitted the first three
words of verse 3, wa maa khalaqa, (and [by] Him Who created).
Some recitations added words to what is recorded in the Mus-haf
‘Uthmaan. Al-Bukhaaree collected the statement of Ibn ‘Abbaas, “When the
verse was revealed,
( ﻥﻴِﺼﹶﻠﹾﺨﻤﹾﻟﺍ ﻡﻬﹾﻨِﻤ ﻙﹶﻁﻫﺭ ﻭ ﻥﻴِﺒﺭﹾﻗَﻷﺍ ﻙﹶﺘﺭﻴِﺸﻋ ﺭِﺫﻨَﺃﻭ )
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