1-QURANIC VARIANTS

We will explore 40 variants in modern Qurans. I will leave comments where necessary. These vary from missing words or letters that lead to conflicting meanings. Verse numberings rarely align. Below HUWA is omitted in Warsh. This omission seems pointless.

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Here we see Singular in Hafs but Plural in Warsh. This can lead to confusion as to how many poor people one has to feed. This variant is just adding confusion.

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Hafs says Minha (singular) while warsh has Minhuma (dual plural). The verses division is off.

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Extra Alif in Warsh

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Hafs says ``slaves of the merciful`` while Warsh reads ``with/alongside the most merciful``. Seems to alter the meaning slightly.

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Warsh is missing the letter ``waw``. Does not affect the meaning but seems to be a pointless variant bringing no value to the verse.

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Hafs has waw and warsh has fa. Does not change the meaning but pointless. Are these probable mishaps in human memory? Or misreadings of unclear/differing manuscripts?

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This is significant. Hafs says Qul where Allah commands Muhammad to say something. In Warsh it says Qaala where Allah is quoting Muhammad. So which one is true? Warsh reads Qaala followed by Qul in the next verse. Historical events are chronological.

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Here Allah is quoting the speech of a group. Again what did they actually say? Allah or Lillah? Or Both? Or One of those?

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Hafs says Kufaar (plural) while Warsh says Kaafir (singular)

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Hafs is Kutubihi (his books) whilst Warsh is Kitabihi (his book). Singular > Plural change

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Another singular<> plural change

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Are both grammatically correct?

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``They were seeing them`` vs ``you were seeing them``
Effects meaning

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Hafs says Kabira (great) while Warsh says Katheera (in abundance)

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Hafs says ``we do not send down`` while Warsh says ``You do not send down``

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Hafs says ``what you do`` while Warsh says ``what they do``. Warsh reading seems to flow better here.

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Here Allah is quoting magicians again. Hafs says they said ``two works of magic`` and Warsh says ``they are two magicians`` So what was it? Two tricks or two magicians?

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Hafs says Qaala whilst Warsh reads Qul. According to Hafs Allah is quoting the Dua of Muhammad whilst Warsh implies that Allah is commanding Muhammad to make this dua. Historical contradictions.

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Another significant variant. Hafs says ``or do YOU say`` while Warsh reads ``or do THEY say`` So who said what? Hafs fits better with the verse ending.

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Hafs reads ``prophets fought`` while Warsh reads ``prophets killed`` So did they fight? Were killed? Or Both?

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Another occasion of Qaala vs Qul. Hafs says Qaala hence quotes the dua of Muhammad whilst Warsh reads Qul as in a command from Allah to recite the following as a prayer.

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“We know that people can maintain an unshakable faith in any proposition, however absurd, when they are sustained by a community of like-minded believers”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

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