Mishari bin Rashed Alafasy ( ar, مشاري بن راشد العفاسي) is a Kuwaiti '' qāriʾ'' (reciter of the

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , ...

imam Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, serve ...

preacher A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people. Less common are preachers who preach on the street, or those whose message is not necessarily religious, but who preach components such as ...

, and

nasheed A nasheed (Arabic: singular ', plural ', meaning: "chants") is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung ''a cappella'' or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Islam. Nashe ...

artist. He studied in the

Islamic University of Madinah The Islamic University of Madinah ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة) was founded by the government of Saudi Arabia by a royal decree in 1961 in the Islamic holy city of Medina. Many have associated the uni ...

's College of Qur'an, specializing in the ten

qira'at In Islam, ''Qirāah'', (pl. ''Qirāāt''; ar, قراءات , lit= recitations or readings) are different linguistic, lexical, phonetic, morphological and syntactical forms permitted with reciting the holy book of Islam, the Quran. Differ ...

and

tafsir Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...

. Alafasy has released nasheed albums. He sings in Arabic, English, and French with only his voice, without any accompanying musical instruments.

Awards and recognition

On 25 October 2008, Alafasy was awarded the first Arab Creativity Oscar by the Arab Creativity Union in

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. The event was sponsored by the

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Amr Moussa Amr Moussa ( ar, عمرو موسى, , Amr Muhammad Moussa; born 3 October 1936) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the Secretary-General of the Arab League, a 22-member forum representing Arab states, from 1 June 2001 to 1 July 201 ...

as a recognition of Alafasy's role in promoting Islamic principles and teachings. Alafasy was also voted by readers to be the Best Qur'an Reciter in the 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards.

References

External links

Nasheed From "Hearts Be Merciful Album"(2012)Alafasy's Ramadan nasheed, August 2009 Recitation Of MishariAlafasy AlbumsAlafasy Recitations on Islamway

SunniPath Library – Quran Recitation by Mishary Rashed al-Efasy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alafasy, Mishary Rashid Living people 1976 births Islamic University of Madinah alumni Kuwaiti Sunni Muslims Kuwaiti Muslims Kuwaiti Islamists Kuwaiti Quran reciters Kuwaiti imams