02-09-2005, 05:21 PM
I cannot simply accept that there are "7 recitations" when the scholars of Islam themselves are not agree on this. This may be the more popular view or the longest-held view, but according to Ahmad von Denffer, there have been up to 10 or 14 different readings identified.
http://www.islamworld.net/UUQ/chapter_5.html
Quote:Other Views
Later on other views emerged, making ten or fourteen well-known readings.