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The orientalists admit the reality of unanimous consent about mushaf-e-Uthmanī and

used non-recurrent traditions in their favour. But non-recurrent tradition cannot be

preferred to the re-current traditions. A.T. Welch the author of Al Kur’ān in

Encyclopaedia of Islam has based on Jeffery’s Materials for the History of the text of

the Qur’ān, and tradition’s attributed to the names of companions and their followers

are all included in compilation of Abu Baker and Uthman (R.A.) John Burton and

Montgomery Watt think that the recitation is an invention of later experts of ilm-u‘l-usil

and ilm-u’l-lisān (Philology). The orientalists, including A.T. Welch could not conceive

this unassailable fact that the script (of the Holy Qur‘ān) compiled by Hazrat Abu Baker

Siddique (R.A.) was based on the script composed by Hazrat Uthman (R.A.). Moreover

they were, also, unable to conceive the difference of dialects and the influences of their

publication. They could also not know that such a large number of Muslims

particularly the companions (R.A.) could not think of implement a dialect that had not

been attributed to the person other than the Holy Prophet (SAW). Which discussing

different dialects of the Holy Qur‘ān Jeffery and other orientalists could not follow the

principles of Higher criticism inspite of the boasted claims because they aid not include

the report of the Head of Qur’anic Archive (1952), Professor Bergistarasser in their

analytical analysis. Acceding to that report there are error of copying in all the 42000

Quranic scripts but no difference if text is found in any of them the Muslim Ummah has

unanimously stated three reasons to accept dialects: Conformity of Arabic Dictionary;

Continuous documentation and Dialect according to the hography of ‘Uthman script.

All other-dialects were considered infrequent. In this article the different traditions of

Shāzz qara’at, sab’ qara’at, Nuqāt manāzil, ijzā’, ākhmās, and a‘shār have been

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Key Words: Varient, Readings, Codics, Companions, Canonical Text, Qur’ān

A.T. Welch, the author of ‘Encyclopedia of Islam’ depends upon the book of Jeffery “Materials for

the History of Text of the Qur’ān,” while describing the history of the Holy Qur’ān and the

difference of Mūsahīf between Sahaba and Tābaīen, which published from E.J. Brill in 1937. This

book is the most prominent literary works of Arthur Jeffery. It was presented with Abu Bakar

Abdullah bin Abi Dawūd Sulemān Al-Sajīsatānī, D 316 A.H.’s Kitāb Al-Mūsahif that as edited by

Arthur Jeffery. Jeffery is an Australian based American. He has done a considerable work on the

different aspects of the Holy Qurʼān along with its different styles of recitations or qirāt. Jeffery has

declared equal the personal versions of the Holy Qurʼān of Componion’s of Hazrat Muhammad

(PBUH) with the Uthāmīc Mushaf. He has attached 15 out of all these codics with Sahaba and



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