Qāriʾ
Person who recites the Qur'an with the proper rules of recitation
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A qāriʾ (Arabic: قَارِئ, lit. 'reader', plural قُرَّاء qurrāʾ or قَرَأَة qaraʾa; feminine form: qāriʾa Arabic: قَارِئَة) 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. The quadrumvirate of Al-Minshawy, Abdul Basit, Mustafa Ismail, and Al-Hussary are generally considered the most important and famous reciters of modern times to have had an outsized impact on the Islamic world.[2][3][4][5]: 83
Notable qurrāʾ
The following list is a partial list of some notable reciters of the Quran:
Afghanistan
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)
- Saleh Ahmad Takrim (2008–present)
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), Shaykh al-Maqâri
