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12. Surat-un-Najm (liii), v. 62 : " Prostrate yourselves 



then to God and worship.'' 



13. Surat-ul-Infatar (lxxxiv), w. 20, 21: "What 



then hath come to them that they believe not ? and 

 that when the Quran is recited to them they adore 

 not ?" 



14. Surat-ul-Aqra (xcvi), v. 18 : " Nay ! obey him not, 



but adore, and draw nigh to God." 



Some persons add to the Tasbih-i-Sijda the following D'ua- 

 i-Masura % e., a prayer used by the Prophet, the 



words of which have been handed down in the traditions : 

 ' ' I prostrate myself for Him who created and formed me, 

 and who opened my sight and hearing. God is the best- 

 Creator. 0 God, pardon me and have mercy on me." 



Great care must be taken to read according to the pro- 

 nunciation of the famous Qaris. 8 A mistake in this respect is 

 called lahan and is of two kinds : (1) Lahan-i-jali ( J*- 0^ ) 



8 A Qaii is one who reads the Quran, but the term is technically applied to 

 the seven famous " Readers " and their disciples. The names of the seven are 

 Imam Ibn-i-Kasir, who died at Mecca 120 A.H. 



Imam 'Asim of Kufa. He learnt the way of reading the Quran from 

 Abd-ur-Rahman-as-Salami, who was taught by the Khalifs Osman and 'Ali. 

 'Asim died at Kufa 127 A.H. 



Imam Abu 'Umr was born at Mecca 70 A.H. and died at Kufa 154 A.H. 

 It is on his authority that the following important statement has been handed 

 down : " When the first copy of the Quran was written out, and presented 

 to the Khalif Osman, he said, ' there are faults of language in it, let the Arabs 

 of the desert rectify them with their tongues."* 

 * Ibn Khallikan, vol. 2, The meaning of this is that they should pronounce 



p. 401. the words correctly, but not alter the written copy. 



This accounts for the Rasm-ul-Khat. 



Imam Hamza of Kufa was born 80 A.H. and died 156 A.H. 



Imam Kisai had a great reputation as a Qari, but none as a poet. It was a 

 common saying, among the learned in grammar, that there was no one who 

 knew so little poetry as Al-Kisai. He is said to have died at Tus about 

 the year 182 A.H. 



Imam Nafi, a native of Madina, died 169 A.H. He was highly esteemed 

 by the people of that city. 



Imam Ibn 'Amir was a native of Syria. 



