Gateway to the Qur'anic Sciences Quotes

“Another reason [for repeated revelation] was due to the different recitations of the Qurʾān. The Prophet said, My Lord sent me revelation to recite in one style. I returned to Him asking Him to make it easier on my nation. So he sent me revelation to read in two styles. I returned to him to ask him to make it easier on my nation. So He revealed to me to recite it in seven styles.54 This hadith indicates that the Qurʾān was not revealed in one instance, but rather time after time. Sūrat al-Fātiḥah is reported to have been revealed twice. It is permissible for a verse to be revealed the first time in one recitation, and a second time in various acceptable recitations, such as [reciting either] malik and mālik in Sūrat al-Fātiḥah.55”
― translated by Salah ad-Din Arqahudan, Gateway to the Qur'anic Sciences: Based on Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an BY Imam as-Suyuti