First of all I would like to thank Allah's Servant for taking time to send me the wonderful Quran Recitation of Sheikh Jawad Al Furughi to share with all our brothers and sisters.

I have made a clip of the Quran Recitation and add to the list of Recitor in my blog.  So you may click and listen to sample of Sheikh Jawad Al Furughi (Surah Takwir) recitations.

May Allah bless and reward his good intention in spreading the words of god.  And may Allah bless all of us for promoting the Quran Recitations worldwide, insyaAllah..

Here is the link to Ankebut website with the video of Sheikh Jawad Al Furughi also sent by Allah's Servant.  Thank you.

Click Jawad Al Furughi to see video & listen to Sheikh Jawad Al Furughi Quran Recitation. 

A friend of mine once asked me, "What is a blog or a weblog?"
The answer is simple.  What you see here is a blog and not a website.  A blog is also known as an online journal or an online diary.  So you can write whatever stuff you want to write following the terms and conditions of the Blog's Provider.  You can write your entry every day, once a week, once a month or even once a year, it is all up to you because it is all yours.

If you want to get a FREE Blog just like this one that I am using here, first you have to register with a Blog Provider.  There are many FREE Blog Providers on the internet, eg. Blogspot, Blogspirit, Blog-City just to name some.  Like this one that I am using, I register with a Blog Provider called Blogdrive.  And it is FREE, you dont have to pay a single cent.  But offcourse you know when it is 'FREE' the Blog Provider have the right to put an advertisement at the top of every Blog.

I register for this FREE Blog and I was given a url http://recitors.blogdrive.com (which is now mine).  Since I love to listen to the Quran Recitation of famous and top Egyptian qaris, I have decided to compile information on this in my blog.  I choose to write about Quran Recitors and things that are related to modulated or mujawad Quran Recitation.  I got some of the informations here while surfing the net.  So I decided to put in in my Blog for my easy reference so that I can refer to it when I need it.  At the same time I would also like to share the information with others too.

Just a gentle reminder, this is my online journal or diary and I am not selling CD or anything here.  The information that I put here, the short audio clip of Quran Recitation that I put here are for my own reference.  And I would appreciated it if you happen to see any wrong information here, please supply me with a correct one.  As I said earlier, I am happy to share what I have here with others so that they are aware that there are many kind of modulated / tajwid of Quran Recitation by many famous qaris from Egypt, Middle East.  

It is with good intention that I listed out the names of these qaris and a short sample of their Quran Recitation.  So if you happen to be in any CD or cassette shop in your country, you may ask or look for the recording of these qaris (names listed in my blog).  Or you may also serve the internet base on these names and download their recitation.  I believe, together we can preserve these beautiful Quran Recitation by Egyptian qaris as they are the muslim most valuable treasure.

I would also like to encourage my muslim brothers & sisters to create their own blog.  Register for a FREE Blog now so that we can build a small Quran Recitation community online and link to each other.

If you need any assistance to create your own FREE Blog, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will be most happy to help you.

Assalamualaikum,

Sheikh Muhammad Rif'at was born in year 1882 (passed away in year 1950).  He was considered to be the best quran reciter during his time.  He is greatly admired for his musicality and understanding in mastering the art of recitation in all aspects.  Sheikh Muhammad Rif'at was the first reciter to broadcast his recitation in year 1934.  He possess great vocal ability and knows how to control it well.  He has been a role model in the quranic world to the younger  generations of Egypt and other part of the world.

Sheikh Muhammad Siddiq Al Minshawi is of the same generation as Sheikh Kamil Yusuf Al Bahtimi and in fact he was also a protege of Sheikh Muhammad Salamah.  His father was also a well known reciter and his brother, Sheikh Mahmud Al Minshawi has now established himself as a respected professional reciter in Cairo.  Sheikh Al Minshawi was born in Upper Egypt and established himself as a reciter there before coming to Cairo.  He is especially admited for the spirituality, gravity and dignity of his style.

Sheikh Abdul Basit Abdul Samad was born in year 1927.  He came to Cairo from the city of Armant in Upper Egypt in 1950, having established his reputation in the south. He is the first reciter in his family, but his grandfather was a religious scholar of al-Azhar training.  Sheikh Abdul Basit is probably the best-known of Egyptian reciters outside of Egypt, as he was the first to make commercial recordings of his reciting, and he has traveled extensively outside of Egypt. Among his recordings are the complete text of the Quran in both murattal and mujawwad.  Sheikh Abdul Basit is one of the four top-ranking reciters in Egypt.  He was the first president of the newly formed Reciters' Union.  Sheikh Abdul basit was admired for breath control and his high and clear voice.

                              

Sheikh Mustafa Ismail learned the Quran and at the age of fifteen or sixteen he went to study at the Azhar Institute in Tanta.  He studied the quranic sciences and planned to continue his studies at Azhar University in Cairo, but was encouraged to become a recitor and establish his reputation in 1930s.  Sheikh Mustafa was invited to recites for King Farouk during the month of Ramadan, 1944.  He joined the radio soon after, having negotiated for longer recordings, as his voice needed a minimum of time to warm up.  Sheikh Mustafa admired the recitation of Sheikh Muhammad Rif'at.  He did not study music formally, but mastered the art by listening and from his associations with the best musicians of his day.  Sheikh Mustafa travelled extensively and was known abroad from his personal appearances.  Although as a top-ranking reciter he recorded the complete text of the Quran in both the murattal and mujawwad styles, his recordings are not generally available outside Egypt.  Sheikh Mustafa was the official recitor of Anwar Al Sadat and travelled with him to Jurusalem in 1978.  He is considered one of the most effective reciters of his century, extremely innovative musically, yet correct in tajweed.  One can count a generation of younger recitors among his imitators.  At the time of his death, Shiekh Mustafa was recitor at the prestigious Al Azhar mosque.