Qari'

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Qari' (plural qurra'), literally meaning "reader", is a person who recites the Qur'an with the proper rules of recitation (tajweed).

It is a wrong conception that qaris have to memorize the entire quran. A person who has memorized the quran is a hafiz.

[edit] Famous Qaris

Shaikh Abdul Basit Abdus Samad (Egypt)

Shaikh Mahmud Al-Hussary (Egypt)

Shaikh Al-Manshawi (Egypt)

Qari Zahir Qasmi (Pakistan)

Qari Muhammad Ilyas (Pakistan)

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