List of people who memorized the Quran
This is a list of notable people who have completely memorized the Quran. A person who has memorized the Quran is called a hafiz, with the female equivalent being hafiza, plural huffaz. This list is not a representative sampling of huffaz.
- Ali al-Hamadani "very early boyhood"[1]
- Hafez
- Sayyid Qutb by the age of 10[2][3]
- Aurangzeb, 6th Mughal emperor
- Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais - Imam of Masjid al-Haram, memorized the Qur'an by the age of 12[4]
- Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz[5]
- Omar Khadr, Canadian Guantanamo detainee who memorized the Quran during his captivity[6]
- Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer and intellectual, memorized the Qur'an at age nine[7]
- Timur, Central Asian warlord[8]
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References
- "soqte.org". www.soqte.org. Archived from the original on 19 April 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2006.
- Issa J. Boullata (2000), 'Literary Structures of Religious Meaning in the Qu'ran', RoutledgeCurzon, p. 355
- Hunt Janin (2004), 'The pursuit of learning in the Islamic world, 610-2003', McFarland & Company, p. 158
- "Dr Al Sudais Chosen as 'Islamic Personality of the Year 2005". Somali Press. 13 November 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2005.
- "The Clear Path :: Imaam 'Abdul-'Azeez Ibn Abdullaah Ibn Baaz". 8 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008.
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- Hussein, Taha. Translated by E.H Paxton. The Days: An Egyptian Childhood. (Cairo: University of Cairo Press, 1997). Originally published as al-Ayyam, 1929. p. 25
- Timur; Abū Ṭālib, Al-Ḥusainī; Stewart, Charles (1975). The Mulfazat Timūry: or Autobiographical memoirs of the Moghul emperor Timūr. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications. OCLC 4256106.
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