Shakir Qasmi
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Shakir Qasmi | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Qari |
| Television | Iqra |
| Relatives | Qari Zahir Qasmi (Older Brother) Maulana Asif Qasmi (Older Brother) Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (Younger Brother) |
Shakir Qasmi (Urdu: قارى شاكر قاسمى), is a Qurra' (Qur'an reciter) of South Asia. He was the host of the program Iqra (Read) for children that provided lessons and exercises on properly reciting and pronouncing Qur'anic Arabic. [1][2]This program aired and re-ran on the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) from 1978 to 1985. It was later hosted by Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (his younger brother), and thereon by Qari Khushi Muhammad[3][4]. Qari Shakir Qasmi was also the first and only person to recite the Qur'an in the history of the United Nations[5].
Publications
- Dars e Qur'an[6]
References
- ^ Qur'an recitations by Shakir Qasmi, English translations by Mohammad Marmaduke Pickthall, translations read by Aslam Azhar https://web.archive.org/web/20110107132926/http://quran.net/quran/transPickthalShakirAzhar.asp?sNum=055&sNameA=Ar-Rahman&sNameE=The%20Beneficent&Ayaat=78&Origin=Makkah Archived from the original on 7 January 2011, Retrieved 23 April 2018
- ^ Qari Shakir Qasmi on musicmillennium.com website Retrieved 23 April 2018
- ^ Shalimar Recording, IQRA | Lesson 2 | Movements (Harakat) | Qari Khushi Muhamad Al Azhari | Tariq Lodhi, retrieved 8 February 2019
- ^ Shalimar Recording, IQRA | Lesson 3 | Kasra (Zair) Ka Qaida | Qari Khushi Muhamad Al Azhari | Tariq Lodhi, retrieved 8 February 2019
- ^ Shiraz Qasmi, Qari Shakir Qasmi's recitation for the United Nations, retrieved 8 February 2019
- ^ "Durs i Quran by Shakir Qasmi قارى شاكر قاسمى". Scribd. Retrieved 8 February 2019.