Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
Egyptian ḥāfiẓ, qāriʾ, and scholar (1917–1980) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Hussary (Arabic: الشَّيْخ مَحْمُود خَلِيل الْحُصَرِيّ ash-Shaykh Maḥmūd Khalīl al-Ḥuṣarī; September 17, 1917 – November 24, 1980) also known as Al-Hussary, was an Egyptian qāriʾ widely acclaimed for his accurate recitation of the Qur'an.[1][2][3][5] Al-Hussary committed the entire Qur'an to memory by age 8 and started reciting at public gatherings by age 12. In 1944, Al-Hussary won Egypt Radio's Qu'ran Recitation competition which had around 200 participants, including veterans like Muhammad Rifat.[5] The quadrumvirate of El Minshawy, Abdul Basit, Mustafa Ismail, and Al-Hussary are generally considered the most important and famous qurrāʾ of modern times to have had an outsized impact on the Islamic world.[6][7][8][9]: 83
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Shaykh al Maqâri Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary | |
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الشَّيْخ مَحْمُود خَلِيل الْحُصَرِيّ | |
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Born | Mahmoud Khalil September 17, 1917 |
Died | November 24, 1980(1980-11-24) (aged 63) |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Nationality | Egyptian |
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Alma mater | Al Azhar University,[1] Cairo |
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At-Tin (murattal), Al-Hussary |