Text editions
get_ayah, get_surah and get_mushaf_page accept seven text editions. Each follows one riwayah and one counting system, from a named source.
Text editions (7)
| Id | Riwayah | Counting | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
hafsdefault | Hafs from Asim | Kufan | The default Hafs text, the one search_quran searches, with Madinah Mushaf paging (604 pages) |
hafs-kfgqpc | Hafs from Asim | Kufan | King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran |
shuba | Shu'bah from Asim | Kufan | King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran |
warsh | Warsh from Nafi' | Last Madinan | King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran |
qalun | Qalun from Nafi' | Last Madinan | King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran |
duri | Al-Duri from Abu Amr | First Madinan, except in surahs 37, 80 and 81 | King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran (2022 printing) |
susi | Al-Susi from Abu Amr | First Madinan, except in surahs 37, 80 and 81 | King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran |
The King Fahd Complex editions come from its Uthmani script data for developers, and each ayah carries its page and lines in the Complex's mushaf. The hafs and hafs-kfgqpc texts differ in encoding and in the page of some ayat, so they are kept apart.
Terms used here
- Riwayah (plural riwayat)
- A transmission: one narrator’s way of reciting the Quran as received from his reader, such as Hafs from Asim.
- Qiraat
- The established readings of the Quran, handed down from the ten readers (qurra) and their narrators.
- Rawi
- A narrator who transmitted one reader’s reading. Each of the ten readers has two.
- I'rab
- Grammatical analysis: the role and case of each word in its sentence.
- Asbab al-nuzul
- The occasions of revelation: the events and questions particular ayat came down about.
- Tafsir
- Explanation of the meanings of the Quran, as written by scholars.