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Variant Readings Companion Codices and Establishment of the Canonical Text An Analysis the Objections of Arthur Jeffery and A T Welch

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The orientalists admit the reality of unanimous consent about mushaf-e-Uthmanī and
used non-recurrent traditions in their favour. But non-recurrent tradition cannot be
preferred to the re-current traditions. A.T. Welch the author of Al Kur’ān in
Encyclopaedia of Islam has based on Jeffery’s Materials for the History of the text of
the Qur’ān, and tradition’s attributed to the names of companions and their followers
are all included in compilation of Abu Baker and Uthman (R.A.) John Burton and
Montgomery Watt think that the recitation is an invention of later experts of ilm-u‘l-usil
and ilm-u’l-lisān (Philology). The orientalists, including A.T. Welch could not conceive
this unassailable fact that the script (of the Holy Qur‘ān) compiled by Hazrat Abu Baker
Siddique (R.A.) was based on the script composed by Hazrat Uthman (R.A.). Moreover
they were, also, unable to conceive the difference of dialects and the influences of their
publication. They could also not know that such a large number of Muslims
particularly the companions (R.A.) could not think of implement a dialect that had not
been attributed to the person other than the Holy Prophet (SAW). Which discussing
different dialects of the Holy Qur‘ān Jeffery and other orientalists could not follow the
principles of Higher criticism inspite of the boasted claims because they aid not include
the report of the Head of Qur’anic Archive (1952), Professor Bergistarasser in their
analytical analysis. Acceding to that report there are error of copying in all the 42000
Quranic scripts but no difference if text is found in any of them the Muslim Ummah has
unanimously stated three reasons to accept dialects: Conformity of Arabic Dictionary;
Continuous documentation and Dialect according to the hography of ‘Uthman script.
All other-dialects were considered infrequent. In this article the different traditions of
Shāzz qara’at, sab’ qara’at, Nuqāt manāzil, ijzā’, ākhmās, and a‘shār have been
discussed

Key Words: Varient, Readings, Codics, Companions, Canonical Text, Qur’ān
A.T. Welch, the author of ‘Encyclopedia of Islam’ depends upon the book of Jeffery “Materials for
the History of Text of the Qur’ān,” while describing the history of the Holy Qur’ān and the
difference of Mūsahīf between Sahaba and Tābaīen, which published from E.J. Brill in 1937. This
book is the most prominent literary works of Arthur Jeffery. It was presented with Abu Bakar
Abdullah bin Abi Dawūd Sulemān Al-Sajīsatānī, D 316 A.H.’s Kitāb Al-Mūsahif that as edited by
Arthur Jeffery. Jeffery is an Australian based American. He has done a considerable work on the
different aspects of the Holy Qurʼān along with its different styles of recitations or qirāt. Jeffery has
declared equal the personal versions of the Holy Qurʼān of Componion’s of Hazrat Muhammad
(PBUH) with the Uthāmīc Mushaf. He has attached 15 out of all these codics with Sahaba and

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