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During his more than half a century of activities as a qari, Abdul Basit Abdul Samad (January 1, November 30, ) recited the Quran in many countries and, as he said himself, his recitations caused hundreds of people to embrace Islam.
As an eminent qari, Abdul Basit had certain characteristics. For example he attached special value to Quran recitation and was committed to say prayers before every recitation. This would help him recite the Quran with a special spirituality. Some of his best recitations were performed before the morning prayers, which is considered to be the best time spiritually. The place of recitation was also important. For example he recited Surahs Al-Hashr and At-Takwir at the Al-Kadhimiya holy shrine and this performance is considered to be among his best.
The voice of Master Abdul Basit is unique and that is why anyone seeking to imitate him tries to make his voice sound like Abdul Basit’s. His style can be described as Sahl and Mumtana, that is to say it was an inimitably easy style or one that is simple and unattainable. His recitation does not have the complexities of the recitations of Mustafa Ismail, Kamil Yusuf Bahtimi, Mohamed Umran, Sheikh
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Abdul Basit Abdus Samad
Who was Abdul Basit Abdus Samad?
Qari ‘Abdul-Basit ‘Abdus-Samad, was a renowned Qari. As such, many modernreciters try to imitate his style. Qari to have won threeworld Qira'at competitions in the early s. ‘Abdus-Samad was one of the firsthuffaz to make commercialrecordings of his recitations, and the firstpresident of the newlyformed Reciters' Union in Egypt. He is best known for his recitation of sura al-Fatiha, the firstchapter of the Qur'an, and a key sura in the five dailyIslamiccanonical prayers.
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In memory of Abdul Basit
SHAFAQNA &#; Iqna: 31 years ago, Abdul Basit Abdul Samad, arguably one of the greatest Quran reciters in the world passed away.
He was a legendary Qari who traveled to many countries around the world for recitation of Quran.
He was born in in the village of Al-Maza’iza, south of Egypt. His grandfather was a pious man, a Quran expert and a memorizer of the Quran.
At 10, Abdul Basit finished learning the entire Quran by heart in his village. He also learned 7 styles of Quran recitation by the age of 12 and the 10 styles by
He started reciting the Quran in mosques and religious centers and soon became very popular.
In , at the age of 19, he went to the capital Cairo for the first time and recited verses from the Quran at Magham Zeynab. Famous Quranic figures and reciters like Abdul Fattah Sha’shaie, Mustafa Esmaeel, Abdul-Azim Zaher, and Abolainain Shoaisha were present at the event. His performance was so outstanding that the crowd requested him to recite for longer than his allotted 10 minutes by his audience, and he continued to recite for over an hour and a half; his listeners were captured by his mastery of pitch, tone and the rules of
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