How do gharīb al-Qurʾān and gharāʾib al-Qurʾān differ?
Exceptional Qur’anic Passages, the Five Sciences, and Outward–Inward Understanding
- The first explains unfamiliar words; the second identifies exceptional features
- Both refer only to rules of recitation
- The first is abrogation and the second inheritance
- They invariably denote exactly the same subject