Hafs an Asim

The reading found in most printed mushafs today, transmitted by Hafs from his teacher Asim of Kufa.

Also written · Hafs · Hafz · Hafs from Asim · Hafs an Aasim · Hafs 'an 'Asim · Asim · Aasim · Shubah · Hafs recitation · Hafs Quran

The meaning

What Hafs an Asim means in Islam

Hafs ibn Sulayman learned it from Asim ibn Abi an-Najud, whose chain runs back through the Companions to the Prophet. It spread with mass printing and is now the default across most of the Muslim world, which is why many readers assume it is the only way the Qur'an is read. Asim's other transmitter, Shu'bah, differs from Hafs in a modest number of places.

Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah

Read beside it

Rooms that name it

The Qur'an most people read was typeset over seventeen yearsA Light · Cairo · begun 1907, published July 1924
The Qur'an in Morocco is recited differently from EgyptA Light · Hafs, Warsh, Qalun and al-Duri
One missing letter changes the King into the OwnerA Light · Surah al-Fatiha, verse 4

Words that sit beside it

Qira'atThe canonical ways of reciting the Qur'an, each carried by chain from the Prophet through a named reader.القِراءات
Warsh an NafiThe reading common in North and West Africa, transmitted by Warsh from Nafi of Madinah.وَرْشٌ عَنْ نافِع
MushafA physical copy of the Qur'an: the pages, ink and binding, as distinct from the revelation itself.المُصْحَف
SaktahA brief silence held without taking a breath, then the recitation carries straight on.السَّكْتَة