The Three Mutoon
Every student of Qira'at must master these three classical poems. They form the complete curriculum of the Qira'at al-'Ashr — from the seven to the ten, in the shorter and longer transmission paths.
wa Wajh al-Tahani
Known universally as al-Shatibiyyah, this 1,173-verse poem in the bahr al-tawil meter is the entry point for every student of Qira'at. It versifies the seven Mutawatir Qira'at — the recitations of Nafi', Ibn Kathir, Abu 'Amr, Ibn 'Amir, 'Asim, Hamzah, and al-Kisa'i — through the shorter chain of transmission.
Al-Shatibi encoded the content through an intricate letter-cipher system, making the poem simultaneously a memory aid and a scholarly reference. Mastery of al-Shatibiyyah is the prerequisite for all further study in the science.
al-Mudhiyyah
The "Radiant Pearl" — a ~240-verse poem composed by Imam Ibn al-Jazari as a direct supplement to al-Shatibiyyah. It covers the three additional Qira'at not found in the Seven: the recitations of Abu Ja'far al-Madani, Ya'qub al-Hadrami, and Khalaf al-'Ashir.
Together, al-Shatibiyyah and al-Durrah constitute Qira'at al-Ashr al-Sughra — the complete ten Qira'at through the shorter transmission paths. This is the level at which most students receive their Ijazah al-Ashr.
fi al-Qira'at al-'Ashr
The pinnacle of the science. Ibn al-Jazari's ~1,000-verse masterpiece covers all ten Qira'at in their full transmission paths — every narration (riwayah) and every sub-path (tariq) — constituting Qira'at al-Ashr al-Kubra.
Where al-Shatibiyyah covers the seven through two paths each, Tayyibat al-Nashr covers all ten through their complete transmission trees. Holding an Ijazah through al-Tayyibah is among the highest honours in Quranic scholarship — a distinction held by only a handful of living scholars worldwide.