An Inquiry into the Description and Interpretation of the Narrations about the Grammatical Inflection of the Quran (Erab)

Resting on the phrase: “ÃóÚúÑöÈõæÇ ÇáúÞõÑúÂäó’’ some narrations order that the final vowels of the words be identified while reciting the Quran. The exegetes, scholars of the Quranic sciences and experts in explaining the meaning of hadith mention different probability meanings of these narrations. This research, with the aim of presenting a better and clear idea of these narrations, investigates, and explains them and then concludes that the word «ÇÚÑÈæÇ» in some of these narrations is derived from Erab, meaning the apparent or concealed sign which is, according to various factors, placed at the end of the word. Consequently, the word «ÇÚÑÈæÇ» in the narrations is an order for reading Qur’anic words correctly by observing the final vowels of the words, the opposite of which would be incorrect recitation of the words. According to some other narrations the word «ÇÚÑÈæÇ» which is derived from Erab, means elucidating and explaining the meanings of words and is an order for deliberation on the meaning of Qur’anic words.