Rhyme, Recitation and the Written Text of the Qur’an — Ali Shukri Amin
First published on my writing site: www.aliamin.info/2026/08/rhyme-recitation-and-the-written-text-of-the-quran/
By Ali Shukri Amin. I first wrote this as a comment on r/AcademicQuran, in the thread “six Quranic rhymes that were lost due to adherence to the written text”, copied here as written.
I do agree there are alterations made to words for poetic reasons but these are inconsistently applied by both the scribes & the readers. A great example is the hā al-sakt in the Qira’ah of Ya’qub.
Continuous reading is not rare.
These Verses are especially read with Wasl in Tarawih during Ramadan.
I don’t understand what method you’re using to determine these “hidden” rhymes other than that a few stand out to you but people have been reading the rhymes you mentioned in Qira’ah Wasl/Hadr for as long as we have documentation of that.
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