QUR'ANIC READINGS AND THEIR IMPACT ON CHANGING THE MEANING: PRACTICAL EXAMPLES FROM SOME QUR'ANIC VERSES

Abstract

The Holy Qur'an has received the attention it deserves, and the Arabic library has been enriched with various forms of this attention. In addition to books that interpret the Qur'an, we find others that study its rare words, syntax, eloquence, meanings, form, miracles, rulings, and the various readings of it. These studies, despite their diverse sources and topics, do not replace one another. Those interested in Qur'anic studies need to examine every work related to this Holy Book. Therefore, those specializing in grammar, morphology, and language are often eager to serve the Book of Allah through their expertise.

The differences between Qur'anic readings are of a nature of diversity rather than contradiction. These differences fall into one of three categories: either the words differ while the meaning remains the same, or both the words and the meanings differ, with the possibility of their convergence in one aspect due to the absence of contradiction, or both the words and the meanings differ, making their convergence in one aspect impossible, yet they may agree from another perspective without any opposition.