Qāriʾ
A qāriʾ is a person who recites the Quran with the proper rules of recitation.
Although it is encouraged, a qāriʾ does not necessarily have to memorize the Quran, just to recite it according to the rules of tajwid with melodious sound.
Notable qurrāʾ
The following list is a partial list of some notable reciters of the Qur'an:Afghanistan
Bangladesh
- Muhammad Ibrahim Ujani
- Abdur Rahman Kashgari
- Syed Muhammad Ishaq
- Muhammadullah Hafezzi
- Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali
- Saleh Ahmad Takrim
Egypt
Reader is referred to as Shaykh al-Maqâriʾ .- Muhammad Rifat
- Mohamed Salamah
- Mustafa Ismail
- Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Shaykh al-Maqâriʾ
- Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Shaykh al-Maqâriʾ
- Kamil Yusuf Al-Bahtimi
- Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Shaykh al-Maqâri
India
Indonesia
Iran
Kuwait
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
- Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais
- Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri
- Abu Bakr Ash Shatry
- Ahmad bin Ali Al-Ajmi
- Ali Abdullah Jaber
- Ali ibn Abdur-Rahman al Hudhaify
- Saad al Ghamdi
- Saud Al-Shuraim
- Maher Al-Mu'aiqly
- Muhammad Ayyub
- Yasser Al-Dosari