Hafs an Asim, was not common in the Arab and Muslim world until the Ottomans adopted it as the official Reading of the Empire. Furthermore, the first complete audio recording of the Quran was done by Mahmud Khalıl al-Hus ̇arıin 1961, and it followed the Reading of Hafs an Asim, which became the dominant Reading … Continue reading Notes: The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Quran (Shady Nasser)