Sacred Spellings: an English translation and commentary on ʿAqīlat Atrāb al-Qaṣāʾid fī Asnā al-Maqāṣid of Imam al-Shāṭibī

Sacred Spellings is a translation and commentary on ʿAqīlat Atrāb al-Qaṣāʾīd fī Asnā al-Maqāṣid by Imam al-Shāṭibī. ʿAqīlat Atrāb describes the unique orthography of the Qurʾān and the differences among the codices that were sent by ʿUthmān RA to the various cities in the Muslim world. Sacred Spellings provides a line-by-line translation and commentary of the Arabic text. It also includes important introductory material in the science of rasm, such as definitions of important terms and why the orthography of copies of the Qurʾān published in various parts of the world may differ. This work makes a classical text on rasm accessible to students who may not understand Arabic and allows for the science of rasm to be studied in more detail in classrooms where English is the language of instruction.