Abdul Bassit Abdussamad

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 also the first president of the newly formed Reciters' Union.



Sheikh Abdul Basit was admired for breath control and his high and clear voice. He visited America a few years before he passed away. May Allah reward him for his service of the Quran. Although he has passed away, his recitation is still loved by Muslims all over the world.



Muslims try to learn the art of recitation by listening to Qari Abdul Basit's tarteel or tajweed of Quran. A great collection item, and a source of listening and learning the beautiful recitation of the Quran by Sheikh Abdus Basit Abdus Samad.