Biography of sheikh khalil al hussary

Egyptian ḥāfiẓ, qāriʾ, and scholar (1917–1980)

SheikhMahmoud Khalil al-Hussary (Arabic: الشَّيْخ مَحْمُود خَلِيل الْحُصَرِيّash-Shaykh Maḥmūd Khalīl al-Ḥuṣarī; September 17, 1917 – November 24, 1980) also known as Al-Hussary, was an Egyptian qāriʾ widely acclaimed for his accurate recitation of the Qur'an.^[1][2][3][5] 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.^[5] The quadrumvirate of El Minshawy, Abdul Basit, Mustafa Ismail, and Al-Hussary are generally considered the most important and famous qurrāʾ of modern times to have had an outsized impact on the Islamic world.^{[6][7][8][9]: 83}

Career

Early life

Mahmoud entered the Qur