Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
Shaykh al Maqâri Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary | |
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الشَّيْخ مَحْمُود خَلِيل الْحُصَرِيّ | |
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| Born | Mahmoud Khalil 17 September 1917 |
| Died | 24 November 1980 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
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| Alma mater | Al Azhar University, Cairo |
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| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Hussary (Arabic: الشَّيْخ مَحْمُود خَلِيل الْحُصَرِيّ ash-Shaykh Maḥmūd Khalīl al-Ḥuṣarī; 17 September 1917 – 24 November 1980) also known as Al-Hussary, was an Egyptian qāriʾ (reciter) widely acclaimed for his accurate recitation of the Qur'an. 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. 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.: 83