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]

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Letter to his mother, 18 June 2004
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.

External links

Hawl Tawaatur Naql As-Sahaabah Lil Qur'aan
The Companions Who Memorized the Glorious Qur'an Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "soqte.org". www.soqte.org. Archived from the original on 19 April 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2006.

[2] Issa J. Boullata (2000), 'Literary Structures of Religious Meaning in the Qu'ran', RoutledgeCurzon, p. 355

[3] Hunt Janin (2004), 'The pursuit of learning in the Islamic world, 610-2003', McFarland & Company, p. 158

[4] "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.

[5] "The Clear Path :: Imaam 'Abdul-'Azeez Ibn Abdullaah Ibn Baaz". 8 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[6] Letter to his mother, 18 June 2004

[7] 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

[8] 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.