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Quran reciter · Iraq

Shirazad Taher

شيرزاد عبد الرحمن طاهر

  • 2 collections
  • 115 recitations
  • 29 h 35 min
  • 79K plays

Al-Mus'haf Al-Murattal

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Hafs ‘an ‘Asim

Warsh ‘an Nafi‘

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114 surahs
  1. 1الفاتحة Al-Fatiha The Opening Meccan · 7 v.
  2. 2البقرة Al-Baqara The Cow Medinan · 286 v.
  3. 3آل عمران Aal-e-Imran The Family of Imran Medinan · 200 v.
  4. 4النساء An-Nisa The Women Medinan · 176 v.
  5. 5المائدة Al-Maeda The Table Spread Medinan · 120 v.
  6. 6الأنعام Al-Anaam The Cattle Meccan · 165 v.
  7. 7الأعراف Al-Araf The Heights Meccan · 206 v.
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  1. 8الأنفال Al-Anfal Spoils of War Medinan · 75 v.
  2. 9التوبة At-Taubah Repentance Medinan · 129 v.
  3. 10يونس Yunus Jonah Meccan · 109 v.
  4. 11هود Hud Meccan · 123 v.
  5. 12يوسف Yusuf Joseph Meccan · 111 v.
  6. 13الرعد Ar-Rad The Thunder Meccan · 43 v.
  7. 14إبراهيم Ibrahim Abraham Meccan · 52 v.
  8. 15الحجر Al-Hijr The Rocky Tract Meccan · 99 v.
  9. 16النحل An-Nahl The Bee Meccan · 128 v.
  10. 17الإسراء Al-Isra The Night Journey Meccan · 111 v.
  11. 18الكهف Al-Kahf The Cave Meccan · 110 v.
  12. 19مريم Maryam Mary Meccan · 98 v.
  13. 20طه Taha Meccan · 135 v.
  14. 21الأنبياء Al-Anbiya The Prophets Meccan · 112 v.
  15. 22الحجّ Al-Hajj The Pilgrimage Medinan · 78 v.
  16. 23المؤمنون Al-Mu'minun The Believers Meccan · 118 v.
  17. 24النور An-Noor The Light Medinan · 64 v.
  18. 25الفرقان Al-Furqan The Criterion Meccan · 77 v.
  19. 26الشعراء Ash-Shuara The Poets Meccan · 227 v.
  20. 27النمل An-Naml The Ant Meccan · 93 v.
  21. 28القصص Al-Qasas The Story Meccan · 88 v.
  22. 29العنكبوت Al-Ankaboot The Spider Meccan · 69 v.
  23. 30الروم Ar-Room The Romans Meccan · 60 v.
  24. 31لقمان Luqman Meccan · 34 v.
  25. 32السجدة As-Sajda The Prostration Meccan · 30 v.
  26. 33الأحزاب Al-Ahzab The Coalition Medinan · 73 v.
  27. 34سبإ Saba Meccan · 54 v.
  28. 35فاطر Fatir Originator Meccan · 45 v.
  29. 36يس Ya Seen Meccan · 83 v.
  30. 37الصافات As-Saaffat Those Who Set the Ranks Meccan · 182 v.
  31. 38ص Sad Meccan · 88 v.
  32. 39الزمر Az-Zumar The Troops Meccan · 75 v.
  33. 40غافر Ghafir The Forgiver Meccan · 85 v.
  34. 41فصّلت Fussilat Explained in Detail Meccan · 54 v.
  35. 42الشورى Ash-Shura Consultation Meccan · 53 v.
  36. 43الزخرف Az-Zukhruf Ornaments of Gold Meccan · 89 v.
  37. 44الدخان Ad-Dukhan The Smoke Meccan · 59 v.
  38. 45الجاثية Al-Jathiya Crouching Meccan · 37 v.
  39. 46الأحقاف Al-Ahqaf The Wind-curved Sandhills Meccan · 35 v.
  40. 47مُحَمّد Muhammad Medinan · 38 v.
  41. 48الفتح Al-Fath The Victory Medinan · 29 v.
  42. 49الحجرات Al-Hujraat The Private Apartments Medinan · 18 v.
  43. 50ق Qaf Meccan · 45 v.
  44. 51الذاريات Adh-Dhariyat The Winnowing Winds Meccan · 60 v.
  45. 52الطور At-Tur The Mount Meccan · 49 v.
  46. 53النجم An-Najm The Star Meccan · 62 v.
  47. 54القمر Al-Qamar The Moon Meccan · 55 v.
  48. 55الرحمن Al-Rahman The Most Merciful Meccan · 78 v.
  49. 56الواقعة Al-Waqia The Event Meccan · 96 v.
  50. 57الحديد Al-Hadid The Iron Medinan · 29 v.
  51. 58المجادلة Al-Mujadala The Pleading Woman Medinan · 22 v.
  52. 59الحشر Al-Hashr Exile Medinan · 24 v.
  53. 60الممتحنة Al-Mumtahina She That Is to Be Examined Medinan · 13 v.
  54. 61الصفّ As-Saff The Ranks Medinan · 14 v.
  55. 62الجمعة Al-Jumua Friday Medinan · 11 v.
  56. 63المنافقون Al-Munafiqoon The Hypocrites Medinan · 11 v.
  57. 64التغابن At-Taghabun Mutual Disillusion Medinan · 18 v.
  58. 65الطلاق At-Talaq Divorce Medinan · 12 v.
  59. 66التحريم At-Tahrim Banning Medinan · 12 v.
  60. 67الملك Al-Mulk The Sovereignty Meccan · 30 v.
  61. 68القلم Al-Qalam The Pen Meccan · 52 v.
  62. 69الحاقـّة Al-Haaqqa The Reality Meccan · 52 v.
  63. 70المعارج Al-Maarij The Ascending Stairways Meccan · 44 v.
  64. 71نوح Nooh Noah Meccan · 28 v.
  65. 72الجنّ Al-Jinn The Jinn Meccan · 28 v.
  66. 73المزّمِّل Al-Muzzammil The Enshrouded One Meccan · 20 v.
  67. 74المدّثّر Al-Muddathir The Cloaked One Meccan · 56 v.
  68. 75القيامة Al-Qiyama The Rising of the Dead Meccan · 40 v.
  69. 76الإنسان Al-Insan The Man Medinan · 31 v.
  70. 77المرسلات Al-Mursalat The Emissaries Meccan · 50 v.
  71. 78النبأ An-Naba The Tidings Meccan · 40 v.
  72. 79النازعات An-Naziat Those Who Drag Forth Meccan · 46 v.
  73. 80عبس Abasa He Frowned Meccan · 42 v.
  74. 81التكوير At-Takwir The Overthrowing Meccan · 29 v.
  75. 82الإنفطار Al-Infitar The Cleaving Meccan · 19 v.
  76. 83المطففين Al-Mutaffifin Defrauding Meccan · 36 v.
  77. 84الانشقاق Al-Inshiqaq The Sundering Meccan · 25 v.
  78. 85البروج Al-Burooj The Mansions of the Stars Meccan · 22 v.
  79. 86الطارق At-Tariq The Nightcomer Meccan · 17 v.
  80. 87الأعلى Al-Ala The Most High Meccan · 19 v.
  81. 88الغاشية Al-Ghashiya The Overwhelming Meccan · 26 v.
  82. 89الفجر Al-Fajr The Dawn Meccan · 30 v.
  83. 90البلد Al-Balad The City Meccan · 20 v.
  84. 91الشمس Ash-Shams The Sun Meccan · 15 v.
  85. 92الليل Al-Lail The Night Meccan · 21 v.
  86. 93الضحى Ad-Dhuha The Morning Hours Meccan · 11 v.
  87. 94الشرح Ash-Sharh Solace Meccan · 8 v.
  88. 95التين At-Tin The Fig Meccan · 8 v.
  89. 96العلق Al-Alaq The Clot Meccan · 19 v.
  90. 97القدر Al-Qadr The Power Meccan · 5 v.
  91. 98البيّنة Al-Bayyina The Clear Proof Medinan · 8 v.
  92. 99الزلزلة Al-Zalzala The Earthquake Medinan · 8 v.
  93. 100العاديات Al-Adiyat The Chargers Meccan · 11 v.
  94. 101القارعة Al-Qaria The Calamity Meccan · 11 v.
  95. 102التكاثر At-Takathur Competition Meccan · 8 v.
  96. 103العصر Al-Asr The Declining Day Meccan · 3 v.
  97. 104الهُمَزة Al-Humaza The Traducer Meccan · 9 v.
  98. 105الفيل Al-Fil The Elephant Meccan · 5 v.
  99. 106قريش Quraish Meccan · 4 v.
  100. 107الماعون Al-Maun Small Kindnesses Meccan · 7 v.
  101. 108الكوثر Al-Kauther Abundance Meccan · 3 v.
  102. 109الكافرون Al-Kafiroon The Disbelievers Meccan · 6 v.
  103. 110النصر An-Nasr The Succour Medinan · 3 v.
  104. 111المسد Al-Masadd The Palm Fibre Meccan · 5 v.
  105. 112الإخلاص Al-Ikhlas Sincerity Meccan · 4 v.
  106. 113الفلق Al-Falaq Daybreak Meccan · 5 v.
  107. 114الناس An-Nas Mankind Meccan · 6 v.

About Shirazad Taher

Sheikh Shirazad Taher (Shirazad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Taher), from Mosul, is an Iraqi Quran reciter and teacher of the Quranic readings based in the United Arab Emirates. A telecommunications engineer who became a specialist in the ten readings, nicknamed "the little Minshawi" and later "Badr al-Qurra'" (the full moon of the reciters) in Mosul, he has served as Secretary-General of the Holy Quran Academy in Sharjah.

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Training

Born into a Kurdish family in Mosul, he learned to read the Quran from his father, a school headmaster who taught Arabic and the Quran. His fine voice got him noticed early in the city's mosques, where he was called "the little Minshawi" after Muhammad Siddiq al-Minshawi. He combined an engineering degree in electronics and telecommunications at the University of Mosul, completed in 1991, with the study of the readings under the city's masters, Ibrahim al-Mashhadani and then Abd al-Latif al-Sufi, who in 1988 granted him the ijaza in the seven readings through the Shatibiyya and the title "Badr al-Qurra'".

In the mid-1990s he went to Yemen, where Sheikh Abd al-Razzaq ibn Muhammad Amara gave him the ijaza in the three readings that complete the ten; he is credited with bringing that chain of transmission to Mosul and the rest of Iraq. He later studied the "major" ten readings (through the Tayyiba) in the Emirates.

In the Emirates

Settling in the United Arab Emirates, he led prayers at a mosque in Dubai, taught the readings, judged Quran competitions and produced dozens of radio and television programmes. He champions the distinctiveness of the Iraqi school of recitation, which he describes as carrying a deep undertone of sorrow. When the Holy Quran Academy in Sharjah was inaugurated in 2020, he was its Secretary-General.

His widely distributed murattal recitation follows the reading of Hafs 'an 'Asim; he has also recorded recitations in Warsh 'an Nafi'.

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Complete Quran (114 surahs)

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