The word · The Qur’an
وَرْشٌ عَنْ نافِع
Warsh an Nafi
The reading common in North and West Africa, transmitted by Warsh from Nafi of Madinah.
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The meaning
What Warsh an Nafi means in Islam
Uthman ibn Sa'id, nicknamed Warsh, took it from Nafi al-Madani, and it travelled west with the scholars of the Maghrib. Set beside Hafs it lengthens certain vowels further, handles some hamzahs more softly, and tilts some fathas towards a kasra. Nafi's other transmitter is Qalun, whose reading is used in Libya and parts of Tunisia.
Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
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
- Hafs an AsimThe reading found in most printed mushafs today, transmitted by Hafs from his teacher Asim of Kufa.حَفْصٌ عَنْ عاصِم
- MaddLengthening a vowel with alif, waw or ya, held for a set number of counts.المَدّ
- ImalahTilting a fatha towards a kasra, so the vowel lands somewhere between an a and an e.الإِمالَة
More from The Qur’an
- Al-Ahruf as-Sab'ahThe seven modes in which the Qur'an was revealed, an ease for the community; what a mode is stays disputed.الأَحْرُفُ السَّبْعَة
- HifzMemorising the Qur'an by heart, traditionally with a teacher who hears you every day.الحِفْظ
- Jam' al-Qur'anThe gathering of the Qur'an into one written volume, carried out under Abu Bakr and then Uthman.جَمْعُ القُرْآن
- Muhkam and MutashabihThe clear verses whose meaning is decisive, and the verses that can carry more than one meaning.المُحْكَمُ وَالمُتَشابِه
- Rasm UthmaniThe spelling of the Uthmanic copies, kept in mushafs even where it differs from modern Arabic spelling.الرَّسْمُ العُثْمانِيّ
- Tafkhim and TarqiqHeavy and light pronunciation: some letters fill the mouth, others stay thin.التَّفْخيمُ وَالتَّرْقيق