Copyright

Marijn van Putten

Published On

2026-02-04

Page Range

pp. 1–65

Language

  • English

Print Length

65 pages

Introduction

Chapter of: al-Dānī's al-Taysīr fī al-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ: A Translation with Linguistic Commentary (pp. 1–65)

The Introduction section of this translation introduces the text al-Taysīr fī al-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ and its author and information about the transmission of the reading traditions. A large portion of this introduction is dedicated to providing a linguistic analysis of the general principles of the Quranic reading traditions, and providing an introduction to the technical vocabulary and theoretical framework that underlies the text. Parts U. and F. are major parts of the translations.

Contributors

Marijn van Putten

(author)
Assistant Professor at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics at Leiden University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4670-0937

Marijn van Putten is assistant professor at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. His research focuses on the linguistics, and transmission history of the Quranic text and the Quranic reading traditions. Besides this, he also researches the linguistic history of Arabic and Berber. He is currently the PI of the ERC Consolidator project: QurCan: The Canonization of the Quranic Reading Traditions.