Intermediate Foundations Surah: Al-Muzzammil (20)

The foundational hadith:
"The Quran was revealed in seven ahruf — recite from it what is easy." (Agreed upon.)

Wisdom in the multiplicity:

1. Ease for the community: Arab tribes had various dialects — multiplicity is a mercy facilitating memorization and performance.
2. Expanding Quranic meanings: "Maliki / Maaliki" — both readings establish two correct complementary meanings.
3. Amplified inimitability: Differences in performance combined with complete preservation across generations is a miracle found in no other book.
4. Extraction of jurisprudential rulings: Some reading differences yield a ruling not derived from a single reading alone.

Comprehensive principle:
Every mutawatir reading is revealed Quran established by Sunnah — it is impermissible to deny it or prefer one reading over another in a way that implies the other is invalid. Ibn Al-Jazari: "Whoever denies a mutawatir established reading has disbelieved."

Source: Al-Nashr (1/26); Al-Zarqani (1/163); Attr, Ilm Al-Qira'at

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