Qari Shakir Qasmi | |
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Born | September 1943
Deoband,
Uttar Pradesh, India |
Died | March 2023 (Aged 80)
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Occupation | Qari (a reciter of the Quran) |
Parent |
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Relatives | Qari Zahir Qasmi (older brother) Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (younger brother) |
Awards |
Pride of Performance Award by the
Government of Pakistan in 1981 Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan in 1979 Pakistan Television (PTV) Award in 1980 |
Qari Shakir Qasmi ( Urdu: قارى شاكر قاسمى), was a Pakistani Qāriʾ (a reciter of the Quran) known for his work on Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television ( PTV).
Qari Shakir Qasmi was born in Deoband to Maulana Qari Tahir Qasmi, son of Islamic scholar Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad, who was the son of Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi. [2] He later immigrated to Karachi, Pakistan. He was a founding member and executive director of the International Quran Recitation Association (IQRA). [3] From 1978 to 1985, he was the host of the children's television program Iqra ( transl. read), which provided lessons and exercises on properly reciting and pronouncing Quranic Arabic. [4] This program aired and re-ran on Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). It was later hosted by Waheed Zafar Qasmi (his younger brother), and thereon by Qari Khushi Muhammad. [5] He was the author of a famous book called Asan Qaida Dars-E-Qur'an, which came with audio tapes for helping children to read along with proper pronunciation. [6] Qari Shakir Qasmi was also the first person to recite the Quran in the United Nations. [7] [8]