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Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad
Qari Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927 – 30 November 1988; Arabic: عبد الباسط عبد الصمد) was a well known Qari (reciter of the Quran).[1] As such, many modern reciters try to copy his style. He is the only Qari to have won three world Qirat competitions in the early 1970s. 'Abd us-Samad was one of the first Hafiz to make commercial recordings of his recitations, and the first president of the newly formed Reciters' Union in Egypt. He is best known for his recitation of SuraAl-Fatiha, the first chapter of the Qur'an, and an important sura in the five daily Islamic prayers. Basit's eldest son; Tarek Abd us-Samad is currently also a well-known Qari in Egypt.[2]
Early life
[change | change source]Abdul Basit was born in a village called Armant, in southern Egypt, to a middle-class Upper-Egyptian family. In 1950, he came to Cairo where Muslims in many mosques were touched by his recitations. On one happening, he was reciting verses from Sura al-Ahzab (The Confederates) he was requested to recite for longer than 10 minutes by his au
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Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1927 - 1988
Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad
‘Abdul-Basit ‘Abdus-Samad (Arabic: 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. He is part of a quadrumvirate, along with Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Mustafa Ismail, and Al-Hussary, who are considered to be one of the most important, famous and greatest Qurra of modern times to have an outsized impact on the Islamic World. He was the first president of the Reciter's union in Egypt. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad has received more than 1,181,059 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad is the 96th most popular social activist (down from 90th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 140th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Social Activist.
Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad was a
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Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad
Egyptian Quran reciter
‘Abdul-Basit ‘Abdus-Samad (Arabic: عبـدُ الباسِـط مُحـمّـد عبـدُ ٱلصّـمـد), or Abdel Basit Abdel Samad, or Abdul Basit Muhammad Abdus Samad (1927 – 30 November 1988) was an EgyptianQuran reciter and Hafiz.[3] He is part of a quadrumvirate, along with Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Mustafa Ismail, and Al-Hussary, who are considered to be one of the most important, famous and greatest Qurra of modern times to have an outsized impact on the Islamic World.[1][4][5][6][7][8][9] He was the first president of the Reciter's union in Egypt. He is known by the title "Golden Throat" and "Voice of Heaven" due to his melodious style, breath control, and unique emotional and engaging tone.
Early life
Sheikh Abdul Basit Abdul Samad was born to a Iraqi-Kurdish father[10][11] and an Egyptian mother in the year 1927 in the village of Al-Maarazeh situated in Qena Governorate, Egypt. From a very early age, he was committed with the memorization a
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