The hamza in the Quranic readings

This research is about the approaches of Quran readers and their diversity in the subject of hamza. It includes many examples that show where readers differ in reading and direct such differences. The research comes in an introduction and two chapters. The introduction talks about the relation between Quranic readings and the miracles of Quran as the readings are considered a kind of Quranic miracles. It also talks about the value of having different Quranic readings. The first chapter talks about Quranic readings in terms of their concept, emergence, stages they went through and the conditions of correct reading. It also introduces the ten readers, their teachers and students. The second chapter includes the main aspect of the research which is the differences between readers about the hamza. The hamza has been classified into single, one Hamza in a word, and multiple, more than one hamza in a word. The chapter also explains the approach of each reader separately. The research is concluded with the results and recommendations which urged the need to pay more attention to the science of Quranic readings for their great importance in comprehending the Holy Quran and correcting Arabic speech. Keywords: Quran, readers, reading, hamz