ReReading the Phenomenon of the Variants of the Recitations (Qirá át) from the View of Nasr Abu Zayd

Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd who is one of the religious heresies has presented opinions in the field of the issues of the science of the Quran (such as the variants of the recitations - qirá’át) which are partly different from the antecedents’ opinions. This paper attempts to use the library and documentary method and with an analytic look to review the manner of the Abu Zayd’s research in qirá’át and criticizes and evaluates some of its challenges. He has studied the variants of the recitations (qirá’át) with the association with the essence of the Quran terms and investigates the intellect (aql) reasoning of the variants of the recitations (qirá’át) from the view of Ashā`irah based on the Quran being created or eternal and narration (naql) reasoning in Seven Ahruf (Readings) and meanwhile authorizing the recitations to the meanings, he believed that the fixation of the recitations originated from the dogmatism of Quraysh. Because of the inner contradictory reasons and outer contrasting reasons, his opinions are vitiated and partly adopted from the opinions of the orientalists.