Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi

Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi
محمد صديق السيد تايب المنشاوي
Personal
Born(1920-01-20)20 January 1920
Died20 June 1969(1969-06-20) (aged 49)
Cause of deathEsophageal varices
ReligionIslam
NationalityEgypt Egyptian
Children15
Parent
  • Siddiq Al-Minshawi (father)
SectSunni
Known forRecitation of Quran
OccupationQari
Al-Minshawi reciting Surat Al-An'am 6:95 to 6:98

Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi (Arabic: محمد صديق المنشاوي‎; 20 January 1920 – 20 June 1969), known simply as Al-Minshawi, was an Egyptian Quranic reciter and Hafiz. Al-Minshawi was born into a Muslim Egyptian famous family. His grandfather, father, and brother were also famous Qurra. Nicknamed Al-Saut Al-Baki (Arabic: الصوت الباكي lit.'The Crying Voice'), he is part of a quadrumvirate, along with Abdul Basit, Mustafa Ismail, and Al-Hussary, which are considered to be the most important and famous Qurra of modern times to have an outsized impact on the Islamic World.