reader : قارئ
pupil, disciple : تلميذ
narrator: راو
method, way: طريق

Every reader has pupils who narrated him. They are called narrators and every narrator has disciples who narrated him.

These disciples are called the owners of the mehods. The disciples of theses owners of the mehods are also owners of the mehods, ans so on.

For example, Aasim reader took from him took two narrators, Shaba and Hafs, and from Hafs, took two pupils that are Amru and Abeed ibna As-Sabah. and took from Amru two pupils that are Al-fil and Zaran, and so on ..

• Ash-Shatbyya : الشاطبية

It is a system of the Imam Shatiby and its original name is "the desire of the faithful and the face of congratulations",
حرز الأماني ووجه التهاني

but it is known for as Ash-Shatbyya relating to its author, in which Shatby organized seven readings, namely the readings of Imams :
Nafi,, ​​Ibn Katheer, Abu Amru, Ibn Amer, Aaseim, Hamza, et Al-kasaii:

نافع وابن كثير وأبي عمرو وابن عامر وعاصم وحمزة والكسائي

• Ad-Durra: الدرة

It is a system of Imam Ibn al-Jazri, in which three readings were added. They are the imams Abu Jaafar, Yaaqub and Khalaf,
أبي جعفر ويعقوب وخلف

This poetry is a complement to the Ash-Sahabiyya so that the Ash-Shatabiyah and Ad-Durra become on set of the ten readings.

• At-tayba : الطيبة

It is a system of Imam Ibn al-Jazri, in which the ten readings were organized, but he did not limit himself to the ways found in Ash-Shatabiyya and Ad-Durra, but it was augmented by many other ways.

So, The Ten Reading are the readings of the imams :

Nafi, Ibn Katheer, Abu Amr, Ibn Amer, Assem, Hamza, Alksaie, Abu Jaafar, Jacob and Khalaf :

الأئمة نافع وابن كثير وأبي عمرو وابن عامر وعاصم وحمزة والكسائي وأبي جعفر ويعقوب وخلف

• The Micro Ten : العشر الصغرى

Is the ten readings from the way of Shatibyya and Ad-Durra

• The Grand Ten : العشر الكبرى

Is the ten readings of the way of At-tayba. It is called the great because it includes what in Ash-Shatibyay and Ad-Dura, and increased by many other ways.

• The odd readings: القراءة الشاذة

Reading that does not meet the three conditions is an odd reading. We do not use any of them to read the Quraan , either in prayers, or in recitation.