Ibn Kathir and his school in Qur`an recitation

ABSTRACT The reader that we have prefered as the subject of thesis belongs to the school of Mecca. In this study, his life was introduced with the various aspects and analysis of his school of recitation has been made. The dissertation is made up of two chapters. In the first chapter that is relatively short chapter takes a short look at a biography of Ibn Kathir, his masters, his students, his scientific personality and his place in the science of qira'a. The second chapter deals with the particular chain of transmission for tbn Kathir's school of recitation, his famous transmitters and their channels of transmitters. The second section of this chapter has dealt with the rules of Ibn Kathir's recitation one by one with their respective explanation. This chapter has also concerned with differences between Ibn Kathir's recitation, and Asim's which is most widespread in our times with reference to names of chapter and verses of the Qur'an. As a conclusion, examples for each of the recitational school namely "The School of Ibn Kathir", "The Ten Schools" and "The School With Their Subversion" including all variations (Indiraj) has been offered. The same verses were chosen as examples for the purpose of clarity to see the differences between the schools.