The life of enderâbî and the analysis of his book al-Īzâh fi'l kirāāt in terms of the science of kirāāt

Access to early sources for the science of Qiraat is very important in understanding the nature, formation and cohesion of this science. In the literature of Qiraat, concepts such as seven qiraat and ten qiraat are among the most important issues of this science. It is known that Ibn Mihrān al-Nīsāburī and Abū 'Abdillāh Ahmad b. Abī 'Umar al-Anderābī were the first scholars to work on ten qiraat after the activities of limiting the qiraat to seven in the science of Qiraat. In this study, the work of Abū 'Abdillāh Aḥmad b. Abī "Umar al- Anderābī, one of the Qiraat scholars of the mutaqaddimun period, al-"Izāh fi'l-'qiraat, which was written according to the ten-qiraat system by following the footsteps of Ibn Mihrān, has been analysed in terms of qiraats. The study also evaluates the life and scholarly personality of al-Anderābī, about whom very little information has survived in the sources. In order to reveal the originality of the work titled al-'Izāh fi al-qiraat, the methodological issues of the science of Qiraat, which the work contains, have been subjected to a comparative evaluation by referring to the views and ideas of Abū 'Amr al-Dāni and Ibn al-Jazari, who have an important place in this science, on the common methodological issues. It has been tried to reveal what kind of contributions the work, which gives important clues in terms of reflecting the issues such as ijijāj and ihtiyār of the qirāt in the science of qiraāt for the period in which it was written, makes to the qiraāt acquis. In addition, it has been tried to find answers to questions such as how Anderābī, who is seen to have a different imam and rāwī system used in the content of the work, reacted to Ibn Mujāhid's efforts to classify and limit the qiraat, which is seen as a breaking point for the science of qiraat. On the other hand, concrete conclusions have been drawn as to what kind of problems Enderābī and his work, which is one of the key scholars in terms of reflecting the accumulation of the city of Nīshābur, which was the centre of Khorasan region in the fifth century of Hijri and the knowledge of the Qarramites, who later evolved into a marginal theological sect in the Islamic world, in the science of qiraat, had in terms of fame and credibility.