What does Hafs an Asim mean?
It is, alongside the Hafs ‘an ‘Asim tradition which represents the recitational tradition of Kufa, one of the two major oral transmission of the Quran in the Muslim World. The influential standard Quran of Cairo that was published in 1924 is based on Hafs ‘an ʻAsim’s recitation. What is Hafs version of Quran? The Hafs…