Zahir Qasmi

Zafar Qasmi
Born2 August 1922
Uttar Pradesh, British India
Died4 September 1988 (Aged 66)
Virginia, United States
OccupationQari
Relatives

Zahir Qasmi (Urdu: قاری ظاہر قاسمی 2 August 1922 – 4 September 1988) was a renowned qari (reciter of the Qur’an), known for his unique style of qira’at (Qur’an recitation).[1]

He was born in Uttar Pradesh, British India, to Muhammad Tahir Qasmi, the son of Islamic scholar Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad, grandson of Maulana Qasim Nanautawi, who was one of the founders of Darul Uloom Deoband.

His children included Saud Qasmi, a film actor.[2]

On the day of Pakistan’s independence, 14 August 1947, Zahir Qasmi recited the Qur’an on Radio Pakistan.[3][1] In the early 1950s.he founded a Qira’at institution in Karachi called Darul-Quran, Jamia Qasima.[4] He was secretary-general of the International Qur’an Recitation Association in 1966/1967 and attended international Qira’at conferences.[4]

He died on 4 September 1988 in Virginia, United States.[5] A road in Karachi is named Qari Zahir Qasmi Road after him.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tareekh e Pakistan - Death of Qari Zahir Qasmi (قاری زاہر قاسمی کی وفات) | Online History of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Aks-e-Ahmad (in Urdu). Darul Uloom Waqf: Hujjatul Islam Academy. May 2014. p. 464. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "First Telawat e Quraan Broadcast by Radio Pakistan | Qari Zahir ul Qasmi | Radio Pakistan - YouTube". YouTube. 14 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Persons Behind Formulation of IQRA – International Quran Recitation Association (IQRA)".
  5. ↑ "Tareekh e Pakistan - Death of Qari Zahir Qasmi (قاری زاہر قاسمی کی وفات) on the Online History Of Pakistan website (in Urdu language)". www.tareekhepakistan.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Qari Zahir Qasmi Road on placesmap.net website Retrieved 23 April 2019
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