'''Abu Sa'id Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qebṭi, better known as Warsh''' (110-197AH), was a significant figure in the history of Quranic recitation (''qira'at''), the canonical methods of reciting the Qur'an. Alongside Qalun, he was one of the two primary transmitters of the canonical reading method of Nafi‘ al-Madani. Together, their style is the most common form of Qur'anic recitation in the generality of African mosques outside of Egypt, and is also popular in Yemen and Darfur despite the rest of Sudan following the method of Hafs. The method of Warsh and his counterpart Qalun was also the most popular method of recitation in Al-Andalus. The majority of printed Mushafs today in North Africa and West Africa follow the reading of Warsh.
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![An early [[Kufic]] Quranic folio from the 8th century. Distinct colored dots serve as vocalization guides to distinguish between the Qira'at of Warsh (green) and [[Hamzah az-Zaiyyat|Hamza]] (red).<ref>{{cite journal | last = Ince | first = Barış | title = Arabe 330b: The Discovery of Two Canonical Readings | journal = Journal of Islamic Manuscripts | volume = 14 | issue = 2–4 | year = 2023 | pages = 115–154 | doi = 10.1163/1878464X-01303010}}</ref>](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Folio_of_Arabe_330_%28b%29.jpg)
'''Abu Sa'id Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qebṭi, better known as Warsh''' (110-197AH), was a significant figure in the history of Quranic recitation (''qira'at''), the canonical methods of reciting the Qur'an. Alongside Qalun, he was one of the two primary transmitters of the canonical reading method of Nafi‘ al-Madani. Together, their style is the most common form of Qur'anic recitation in the generality of African mosques outside of Egypt, and is also popular in Yemen and Darfur despite the rest of Sudan following the method of Hafs. The method of Warsh and his counterpart Qalun was also the most popular method of recitation in Al-Andalus. The majority of printed Mushafs today in North Africa and West Africa follow the reading of Warsh.
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