@article{article_304374, title={Poetical Tajwīd in the Education of the Qur’an: Jamzūrī and His Work Tuḥfat al-Aṭfâl}, journal={Cumhuriyet İlahiyat Dergisi}, volume={21}, pages={1497–1533}, year={2017}, DOI={10.18505/cuid.304374}, author={Koyuncu, Recep}, keywords={Tajwīd,Poetical text,Jamzuri,Tuḥfat al-Aṭfal,Fatḥ al-Aqfal}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us"> <b>Abstract:  </b>The first known work on taj </span> <span style="line-height:115%;">wīd </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us"> is written
by Abu Muhammad Musa b. Ubeydillâh al-Khaqani (d. 325/937). Afterwards, the
distinct authority in Qur’an recitation Ibn al-Jazarī (d. 833/1429) emerged
with his work al-Muqaddimah. After Ibn al-Jazarī, we see the poetic work
called Tu </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ḥ </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">fat al-A </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ṭ </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">fâl </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">by Sulaymān
al-Jamzūrī (d. ?) which is widely studied for Qur’anic education (taj </span> <span style="line-height:115%;">wīd </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">)
especially in the Arabian geography. This article deals with Tu </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ḥ </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">fat al-A </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ṭ </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">fâl </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">, a work
despite authored in the 12th century, still holds its importance
today. It was a poetical textbook regarding the education of the Qur’an in the
Arab world and was memorized by students. The aim of this study is to examine
this poetical text and also the commentary (Fath al-Aqfal) written by
the author himself. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us"> <b>Summary:  </b>Arabic letters as well as their articulation-places and
features have been explored and examined by the Arab philologists and the
scholars of the Qir </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ā </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ah </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">. <span>  </span>In consequence, before the tajw </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ī </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">d </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us"> evolved
into an independent Qur’ </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ā </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">nic discipline, some topics of the
tajw </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ī </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">d </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us"> had taken
their place in the literature of Arabic grammar and the Qir </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ā </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ah </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">. The tajw </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ī </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">d </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us"> evolved
into an independent Qur’ </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ā </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">nic discipline through the works
composed by the Qur’ </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ā </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">nic scholars who lived in the
second half of the third century and the first half of the fourth century after
Hijrah. A cursory glance at the tajw </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ī </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">d </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">
literature shows that some of these books were written in verse. The fact that
the literature in verse helped the students study and even memorize the
subjects of the tajw </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">ī </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">d </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us"> played an
important role in composing such works in verse in the field. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">The earliest work produced in the field of the tajw </span> <span lang="en-us" style="line-height:115%;" xml:lang="en-us">}, number={3}, publisher={Sivas Cumhuriyet University}