From the Translation to the Holy Text Reflection of Different Quranic Readings in Old Persian Translations of the Quran

Persian translations of Quranic verses in old interpretations and commentaries of the Quran are valuable sources for collecting and examining the differences in Quranic readings that have been completely neglected in studies concerning Quranic readings. In the following article, the author discusses the methods of obtaining different readings based on the old Persian translations of the Quran, and by presenting various and numerous pieces of evidence, he describes the different ways of understanding and discovering the surviving Quranic readings in the old translations of the Quran, and especially points to examples that the books devoted to differences of readings have not mentioned. By explaining a few examples, the author reminds us that in order to discover Quranic readings in Old Persian translations, historical knowledge of the ancient Persian language and its various dialects, in addition to familiarity with the Arabic language of the Quran, is necessary.