Muammar Al-indonesi

His talent showed early: in 1962, aged seven, he won a children's recitation contest in Pemalang. He studied at a pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in Kaliwungu, Kendal, then in Yogyakarta at the state religious teachers' school (PGA) and IAIN Sunan Kalijaga, and finally at the Institute of Quranic Sciences (PTIQ) in Jakarta.

After taking first place in the Yogyakarta provincial recitation competition (MTQ) in 1967, he represented the province at the national MTQ, winning it in the early 1970s, and went on to win at international level in 1979 and 1986.

He has been invited to recite at the Nurul Iman Palace in Brunei, at the Malaysian royal court, in Saudi Arabia, Turkey (2004) and Pakistan (2009). In 2002 he founded the Ummul Qura pesantren in Cipondoh, Tangerang. His brother Imron Rosyadi Z.A. is also a qari. His recordings are in the Hafs 'an 'Asim reading.