Qalun Explained

Qalun (Arabic: قالون)
Birth Date:	738CE 120AH
Birth Place:	Madina
Death Date:	835CE 220AH
Death Place:	Madina
Other Names:	Abu Musa ‘Isa Ibn Mina al-Zarqi

Abu Musa ‘Isa Ibn Mina al-Zarqi, better known as Qalun (120-220AH),^[1] was a significant figure in the spread of the Qira'at, or variant methods for recitation of the Qur'an.^[2] Being one of the two primary transmitters of the canonical method of Nafi‘ al-Madani,^{[1] [3] [4]} Qalun's recitation is currently the norm for Qur'an reading in mosques in Qatar as well as parts of Libya and Tunisia, and is quite popular among West Africans. The method of Qalun and his counterpart Warsh was also the most popular method of recitation in Islamic Spain.^[5]

Because he was deaf, he would detect and correct his students' mistakes, according to ibn Abu Khatim, by reading their lips; according to Yaqut, by getting so close to the student's mouth with his ear.^[6] He was born in Medina in the year 738,^[1] and he died there in 835.^{[3] [4]}

See also

Ten readers and transmitters

• Nafi‘ al-Madani
  • Qalun
  • Warsh
• Ibn Kathir al-Makki
  • Al-Bazzi
  • Qunbul
• Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala'
  • Ad-Duri
  • Al-Susi
• Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi
  • Hisham
  • Ibn Dhakwan
• Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud
  • Shu'bah
  • Hafs
• Hamzah az-Zaiyyat
  • Khalaf
  • Khallad
• Al-Kisa'i
  • Al-Layth
  • Ad-Duri
• Abu Ja'far
  • 'Isa ibn Waddan
  • Ibn Jummaz
• Ya'qub al-Yamani
  • Ruways
  • Rawh
• Khalaf]]
  • Ishaq
  • Idris

Notes and References

1. Peter G. Riddell, Early Malay Qur'anic exegical activity, p. 164. Taken from Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World: Transmission and Responses. London: C. Hurst & Co., 2001.
2. Muhammad Ghoniem and MSM Saifullah, The Ten Readers & Their Transmitters. (c) Islamic Awareness. Updated January 8, 2002; accessed April 11, 2016.
3. Shady Hekmat Nasser, Ibn Mujahid and the Canonization of the Seven Readings, p. 129. Taken from The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Qur'an: The Problem of Tawaatur and the Emergence of Shawaadhdh. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2012.
4. Claude Gilliot, Creation of a fixed text, pg. 50. Taken from The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an by Jane Dammen McAuliffe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
5. L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, pg. 145. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
6. Web site: KĀLÛN - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi.