The effect of correcting manuscript errors in the text, examining the book “Bayan al-Whum wa al-Ihlam” by Ibn al-Qattan as an example.

Abstract

This research deals with an applied study of a partial issue in the science of manuscript editing, which is the issue of correcting errors in the manuscript. Are they corrected in the text and pointed out in the margin or vice versa, and what is the impact of that? We chose to study this issue the book “Statement of Illusion and Illusion” by Ibn al-Qattan al-Fassi, which was edited by Dr. Al-Hussein Ait Al-Saeed, who stipulated that he would correct errors in the text. The research aims to explain the implications of correcting errors in the text, and we concluded in the end that it is safer and more correct to leave the error as it is. It is in the text and the note is in the margin, not the other way around.