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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the meaning of the statement that the Qur'an was revealed in seven modes?

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Question:
The questioner says: It is well known that the Qur'an was revealed in seven modes. Is the intended meaning the seven canonical recitations?

Answer:
Yes, this is mentioned in the hadith:
the Quran has been revealed with seven different modes of reciationأنزل القرآن على سبعة أحرف
Sunan an-Nasa'i 940Hasan (Darussalam)
The scholars differed in their interpretation of it, and to my knowledge, none of them said that the intended meaning is the seven canonical recitations. Rather, they said the intended meaning is the dialects, the dialects of the Arabs, such as "ta'ala" (come), "aqbal" (come), and "hulm" (come). Yes, the intended meaning is the dialects, the Arabic dialects.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى قوله أن القرآن نزل على سبعة أحرف؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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