Since its inception, Al-Azhar has been singled out with the task of developing and promoting Islamic knowledge, religious sciences, and the Arabic language.
The Holy Qur’an constitutes the cornerstone and starting point for all Islamic sciences in addition to the Arabic language, which is why Al-Azhar attached utmost importance to such studies throughout its long history in Islam, Egypt, and the Egyptian people. Pay attention to the Quran and read it.
Many Arabs who visited Egypt spoke well of the skill and craftsmanship with which the Egyptian reciters of the Qur’an were performed at that time.
We only know the ancients of the recitation, such as Muhammad Rifaat, Mustafa Ismail, Abd al-Basit Abd al-Samad, Mahmoud Khalil al-Husari, and Muhammad Siddiq al-Minshawi, to name a few. We know about these great people only because they lived when audio recordings appeared.
This means that there must have been many people who lived like the masters of recitation that we know.
However, we don’t know much about these unknown people who don’t have any audio recordings.
Al-Azhar Al-Sharif supervises such important places to ensure the quality of the service of the Holy Quran, and this includes the preparation, training, and support of highly qualified teachers and the sheikh who teaches the recitations, “narrations” and various readings. . The Holy Quran. That the future reader and even many ordinary Muslims who are interested in the secrets of recitation learn as much as possible.
Al-Azhar has a major role in the service of memorizing and reciting the Noble Qur’an. Because it prepares the child from an early age in Al-Azhar Elementary Institute, which provides a healthy environment. This environment makes the child proud of the Holy Quran, Islam, and the Arabic language.
The child remembers the Holy Qur’an in its entirety at the elementary stage in Al-Azhar Al-Sharif. Then the same students review the Holy Quran in the preparatory and secondary stages. Finally, at Al-Azhar University, the same students revise the Holy Quran a third or fourth time. This process and methodology make Al-Azhar students well-versed in the Qur’an and its studies.
Conclusion:
Muslims in Egypt are interested in perfecting the recitation of the Holy Quran throughout the country. There are institutes for the study of the Noble Qur’an throughout Egypt, as Al-Azhar supports students of the Noble Qur’an everywhere and at all ages.
