qirāʾah

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qirāʾah

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qurrāʾ
…of reciting the Qurʾān (qirāʾah) soon produced a corresponding art of intoning the Qurʾān (tajwīd), and this ritual chanting enabled large congregations of Muslims to follow the texts with relative ease. Religious figures employed in the mosques still memorize the Qurʾān to aid them in interpreting the revelations to…
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…of reciting the Qurʾān (qirāʾah) soon produced a corresponding art of intoning the Qurʾān (tajwīd), and this ritual chanting enabled large congregations of Muslims to follow the texts with relative ease. Religious figures employed in the mosques still memorize the Qurʾān to aid them in interpreting the revelations to…
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