Religion:Qāriʾ

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Short description: Person who recites the Qur'an with the proper rules of recitation

A qāriʾ (Arabic: قَارِئ, plural قُرَّاء qurrāʾ or قَرَأَة qaraʾa) is a person who recites the Quran with the proper rules of recitation (tajwid).[1]

Although it is encouraged, a qāriʾ does not necessarily have to memorize the Quran, just to recite it according to the rules of tajwid with melodious sound.

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Notable qurrāʾ

The following list is a partial list of some notable reciters of the Qur'an:

Afghanistan

  • Muhammad ibn Tayfour Sajawandi

Bangladesh

  • Muhammad Ibrahim Ujani (1863–1943)
  • Abdur Rahman Kashgari (1912–1971)
  • Syed Muhammad Ishaq (1915–1977)
  • Muhammadullah Hafezzi (1895–1987)
  • Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali (1913–2008)

Egypt

Reader is referred to as Shaykh al-Maqâriʾ [6] (Arabic: شيخ المقارئ, lit. 'Scholar of the Recitation Schools').

  • Muhammad Rifat (1882–1950)
  • Mohamed Salamah (1899–1982)
  • Mustafa Ismail (1905–1978)
  • Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary (1917–1980), Shaykh al-Maqâriʾ
  • Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi (1920–1969), Shaykh al-Maqâriʾ
  • Kamil Yusuf Al-Bahtimi (1922–1969)
  • Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927–1988)

India

  • Husain Burhanuddin

Indonesia

  • Maria Ulfah
  • Muammar Z.A.
  • Mu'min Ainul Mubarak
  • Zakaria bin Muhammad Amin

Iran

  • Hamed Shakernejad

Kuwait

  • Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Pakistan

  • Shakir Qasmi (1943–2023)
  • Waheed Zafar Qasmi
  • Qari Ghulam Rasool
  • Hassan Ali Kasi
  • Syed Sadaqat Ali
  • Muhammad Farooq
  • Zahir Qasmi

Saudi Arabia

  • Ahmad bin Ali Al-Ajmi
  • Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri
  • Saud Al-Shuraim
  • Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais
  • Ali ibn Abdur-Rahman al Hudhaify
  • Saad al Ghamdi
  • Maher Al-Mu'aiqly
  • Yasser Al-Dosari

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