Contemporary · born 1962
Abdullah Basfar عبدالله بصفر
Saudi Quran reciter · imam and khatib · recites in Hafs 'an 'Asim.
- Born
- 1962, Jeddah
- Riwayah
- Hafs 'an 'Asim
- Nationality
- Saudi
Biography
Abdullah Basfar (b. 1962, Jeddah) is a Saudi Quran reciter and scholar, an associate professor of Islamic studies at King Abdulaziz University and imam of a mosque in Jeddah. He holds an ijazah in Hafs an Asim and has recorded the complete Quran in that narration.
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