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Distortion Category … M.Sh Badra and M. Shiri / (113

                   ➢  Types       of    Verbal       focus is on “distortion through
                      Distortion                     deleting” (Ibid, 2009, Vol. 1: 312)
               There  are  different  types  of      and distortion through adding;
               word  distortion,  one  of  which     of  course,  no  one  denies  the
               is as follows:                        possibility of adding letters or
                   •  Distortion of arabization      changing     some      of    the
                      or Harakat                     movements in the Quran.
                   •  Distortion in words               Also,  there  is  a  difference
                   •  Distortion in verses           in  the  way  of  reciting  some
                   •  Distortion through adding      verses  to  the  extent  that  the
                   •  Distortion  through  deleting.   recitations have reached seven
                      (Khoei, 2009: 255)             or  ten  types;  (Khorramshahi,
                                                     1992: 86) but such a situation
                  Also,  according  to  another      does  not  mean  harming  the
               classification,  the  following       immunity of the Holy Quran;

               types are expressed for verbal        however,  a  group  of  Akhbari
               distortion:                           narrators, the Shiite sect, such
                   •  Local distortion               as  the  Muhaddith  Noori,  as
                                                     well  as  a  Sunni  sect  called
                   •  Distortion    in    Quran      “Hashwiyah” ,  consider  this
                                                                   1
                      recitation                     kind of distortion to be a real
                   •  Distortion  in  the  way       thing. (Ibid: 88)

                      words are pronounced

                   •  Distortion    with    the      1. This sect, which is one of the
                      word conversion                Sunni extremist groups, considers
                   •  Distortion through adding      the  intellect  invalid  and  heresy.
                   •  Distortion  through  deleting.   (Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, 1984, Vol. 6: 374)
                      (Ma'refat, 2007: 11-14)        They  turned  to  fabricate  hadiths
                                                     for supporting their false beliefs,
                                                     and then considered such hadiths
                  In    general,   in    verbal      a  means  to  reach  their  goal.
               distortion  and  its  types,  the     (Shooshtari, 1988: 109)
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