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Recitaton of the Holy Quran by: Sheikh Mohammed Rifat
By axmeey

Short Surahs of the Holy Quran, beautifully recited (as always) by the Late, Great Qari (Recitor). Sheikh Mohammed Rifat (RahimahuLLAH). Sheikh`s brief Bio.
Sheikh Rifaat was born in Cairo in the Al-Azhar district of Megharbelin on 9 May 1882. It was on 9 May, too, that he died, 68 years later. As a child he contracted ophthalmia which led to his blindness when he underwent an unsuccessful operation on his eyes. Yet far from being an obstacle, his sightlessness pushed him forward, and he was to become the greatest Quranic reciter of his generation. Unlike many of his peers, he attended secular schools rather than the traditional kuttab. Yet by the age of 10 he had memorised the entire Quran.
Rifaat began reciting at mulids (religious festivals) following the death of his father, when he was left to support his family. He soon developed an ardent following and by the age of 15 had landed a permanent job reciting the Quran at the Mustafa Fadel Pasha Mosque in Darb Al-Gamamiz Street. He spent the next 25 years of his life working there.
Meanwhile, Rifaat studied the phonetic rules of Quranic recitation under the most prominent reciters of the time. His masters were quick to appreciate the extraordinary talent and voice of their apprentice.
He overwhelmed his listeners with graceful shifting tones that served to explicate the texts he recited. In giving voice to submissiveness, power and compassion Rifaat attained the paradox of the ideal Quranic recitation, achieving the state of tasweer al-maana (picturing the meaning), a perfect correlation of melody and meaning.

Sheikh Mohamed Rifaat (1882-1950).

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Recitation of Surah Maryam (Mary) by Sh. Mohammed Rifat
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Sheikh Mohammed Rifat recitation of the Holy Quran. Surah 19 Maryam Ayats 22-31. ( Chapter 19 Mary Mother of Jesus A.S) . Verses 22-31.
Below are the English meanings/interpretations of the verses:

22. So she (Mary) conceived him, (Jesus) and she retired with him to a remote place.

23. And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: She (Mary) cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this! would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"

24. But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): "Grieve not! for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;

25. "And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: It will let fall fresh ripe dates upon thee.

26. "So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man, say, 'I have vowed a fast to ((Allah)) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into not talk with any human being'"
27. At length she (Mary) brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
28. "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"
29. But she pointed to the babe (Jesus). They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"
30. He(Jesus, by Allah`s Miracle) said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah. He (Allah) hath given me revelation and made me a prophet;
31. "And He (Allah) hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;

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