A Qari (, ar, قَارِئ, plural ''qāriʾūn'', ''qurrāʾ'' or ''qaraʾah'') is a person who recites the
Quran
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...
with the proper rules of recitation (''
tajwid
In the context of the recitation of the Quran, ''tajwīd'' ( ar, تجويد ', , ' elocution') is a set of rules for the correct pronunciation of the letters with all their qualities and applying the various traditional methods of recitation ('' ...
'').
Although it is encouraged, a qāriʾ does not necessarily have to
memorize the Quran, just to recite it according to the rules of
tajwid
In the context of the recitation of the Quran, ''tajwīd'' ( ar, تجويد ', , ' elocution') is a set of rules for the correct pronunciation of the letters with all their qualities and applying the various traditional methods of recitation ('' ...
with melodious sound.
Notable Qāri
The following list is a partial list of some notable reciters of the Qur'an:
Afghanistan
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Muhammad ibn Tayfour Sajawandi
ʿAbū ʿAbdullāh Muhammad Ibn ʿAbū Yazīd Tayfūr Sajāvandī Ghaznavī ( fa, ابو عبدالله محمد ابن ابو یزید طیفور سجاوندی غزنوی), also known as Abū al-Fazl as-Sajāwandī al-Qāriʾ ( ar, أبو ا ...
Bangladesh
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Muhammad Ibrahim Ujani (1863–1943)
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Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali
Abdul Latif Chowdhury ( bn, আব্দুল লতিফ চৌধুরী; 25 May 1913 – 16 January 2008), widely known as Saheb Qiblah Fultali, was a Bangladeshi Sufi Islamic scholar and theologian who is the founder of the Fultali movem ...
(1913–2008)
Iran
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Hamed Shakernejad
Egypt
Reader is referred to as Shaykh al-Maqâriʾ
(Arabic: شيخ المقارئ, lit. 'Scholar of the Recitation Schools').
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Muhammad Rifat (1882–1950)
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Mohamed Salamah (1899–1982)
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Mustafa Ismail
Mustafa Ismail (June 17, 1905 - December 26, 1978) was an Egyptian Qari, Quran reciter.
Early life
Ismail was born in a village called Mit Gazal, near Tanta in Egypt on 17 June 1905 and his parents named him Mustafa Muhammad Mursi Ismail.Ori ...
(1905–1978)
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary (1917–1980), Shaykh al-Maqâriʾ
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Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi (1920–1969), Shaykh al-Maqâriʾ
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Kamil Yusuf Al-Bahtimi (1922–1969)
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Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad
‘Abdul-Basit ‘Abdus-Samad ( ar, عبـدُ الباسِـط مُحـمّـد عبـدُ ٱلصّـمـد), or Abdel Basit Abdel Samad, or Abdul Basit Muhammad Abdus Samad (1927 – 30 November 1988) was an Egyptian Quran reciter and Hafiz ...
(1927–1988)
India
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Husain Burhanuddin
Indonesia
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Maria Ulfah
Maria Ulfah ( ar, ماريا أولفا; born 21 December 1955) is an Indonesian qāriʾah (reciter of the Quran) and manager of the Central Institute for the Development of Quranic Recitation. She is the winner of two Indonesian national Qur'an ...
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Muammar Z.A.
Qari Muammar Zainal Asyikin ( ar, معمر زين العاشقين, ''Mu'ammar Zayn-al Ashqeen''; born 14 June 1954) sometimes shortened Muammar ZA or Muammar Za is a popular senior Qari or Quran reciter and Hafiz from Indonesia well known nat ...
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Mu'min Ainul Mubarak
Mu'min Ainul Mubarak (Arabic: مؤمن عين المبارك; born 10 February 1971) is an Indonesian reciter of Quran and Hafiz from Tasikmalaya.
Life
He was ranked as an "International Qari" when he outperformed rivals from different countr ...
Kuwait
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Mishari bin Rashed Alafasy ( ar, مشاري بن راشد العفاسي) is a Kuwaiti ''qāriʾ'' (reciter of the Quran), imam, preacher, and nasheed artist. He studied in the Islamic University of Madinah's College of Qur'an, specializing in ...
Pakistan
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Qari Ghulam Rasool
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Hassan Ali Kasi
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Waheed Zafar Qasmi
Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi ( ur, ) is a Pakistani Qari and '' na'at khawan'',Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi o"HAMARI WEB" websiteRetrieved 16 March 2022 a performer of poetry in praise of the Prophet Muhammad. Qasmi recites in both in Urdu and Arabic lan ...
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Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali
Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali (Urdu: قارى سید صداقت علی), is a Pakistani qari. He is well known for his program ''AlQuran'' (''The Quran'') that was especially aimed to help children with their reading and pronunciation skills of the Qura ...
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Shakir Qasmi
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Zahir Qasmi
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Muhammad Farooq
Saudi Arabia
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Ahmad bin Ali Al-Ajmi
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ajmi (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد بن علي بن محمد آل سليمان العجمي) is a Saudi Quran reciter and imam.
Life
Ahmad Al-Ajmi attended elementary school in the Al-Mohammadiya School in southern Khobar, went t ...
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Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri
Muhammad bin Umar bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abd Allah al-Aqil, better known as Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri, is a Saudi Arabian polymath. He has, at various times, been referred to as a theologian, jurist, historian, ethnographer, geographer, ...
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Saud Al-Shuraim
Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Shuraim (Arabic: سعود بن ابراهيم بن محمد الشريم; born 19 January 1964), is one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. A Quranic reciter, ...
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Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz al-Sudais ( ar, عَبْدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلسُّدَيْسِ, ʻAbd ar-Raḥman ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAziz as-Sudais), better known as Al-Sudais, is one of the nine i ...
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Ali ibn Abdur-Rahman al Hudhaify
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Saad al Ghamdi
References
External links
Qur'an recitationFree and open source Qur'an resource
Qari
Islamic terminology
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