Mustafa Ismael (1905 - 1978) An Egyptian Quran reciter who is considered one of the most prominent recitation sheikhs in Egypt and the Islamic world. Mustafa Ismail the king of Quranic shrines, loved by .leaders and simple people
He mastered the Maqamat and recited the Qur’an in more than 19 maqams in its branches, with a sweet voice and strong performance, and he was known to have a long breath in the Tajweed reading.
He recorded with his own voice the recitation of the entire Holy Qur'an into recitation. He left behind 1,300 recitations that are still broadcast on Holy Quran radio stations. In his recitation, he installed the tones and the maqamat in a way that captured the admiration of the listeners, and he was moving smoothly from one tone to another, and he knew his vocal abilities well, and how to use them at the right time. He was able to combine the science of readings, the provisions of recitation, the science of interpretation, and the science of maqamat, and he used to evoke the argument of the Qur'an in his voice and broadcast it in the hearts of the listeners to sense the majesty of the Qur'anic meaning.
He was the first reader to register on the Egyptian radio without being tested in it. King Farouk chose him as a reader of the royal palace. Nasser honored him and Sadat took him with him on his visit to Jerusalem.
Sheikh Mustafa Ismail was born in the village of Mit Ghazal, Markaz Al-Santa, Gharbia Governorate, on June 17, 1905 AD (corresponding to the month of Rabi’ al-Thani 1323 AH). He memorized the Noble Qur’an at the age of twelve in the village book, then joined the Ahmadi Institute in Tanta to study the readings and the rules of recitation. The Sheikh completed the recitation and recitation of the Noble Qur’an and reviewed it thirty times by Sheikh Idris Fakher.
Starting from Tanta
Then he went to live in Tanta and from there recorded the real breakthrough of his talent. When the body of Mr. Hussein Bey Al-Qasabi arrived from Istanbul to Tanta, all of Tanta went out to receive the body at the city's train station. Sheikh Mustafa Ismail says: "I went out like the rest of the people to receive the body. On the day of the funeral, one of the relatives of Mr. Al-Qasabi invited me to read the condolences. I was 16 years old. I wore the aunt, the jubbah, the kaftan, and the kakola. And God wanted all the people from the districts and all the notables of Egypt to hear me, so I went to the huge pavilion set up to receive Prince Mohammed. Ali, the guardian of the throne of King Farouk, Saad Pasha Zagloul, Omar Pasha Toson, notables of Egypt and members of the royal family at that time.The funeral was also attended by the notables of Alexandria, Port Said and all the notables of the Egyptian country...There were no loudspeakers, so I decided to hear the pavilion all my voice.When the first reciters finished His name was Sheikh Salem Hazaa, may God have mercy on him, and he came down from the bench. I jumped on the bench and sat down and dazzled the audience with my recitation, and so was Sheikh Hassan Subh.”
Sheikh Muhammad Rifaat also listened to him, and he himself was a fan of and influenced by the voice of Sheikh Muhammad Rifaat, Sheikh Abdul Fattah Al Shashai and others.
His fame spread throughout the governorate of Gharbia and the neighboring governorates, and one of those close to him advised him to go to Cairo. Indeed, he went there and met one of the sheikhs who listened to him and appreciated his reading and the sweetness of his voice. Then he presented it the next day to read in a celebration that Sheikh Abdel Fattah Al Shashaei was absent due to an emergency circumstance, and the attendees admired him .
King Farouk heard him and admired his voice and ordered that he be appointed as a reader of the royal palace, even though he had not been certified by radio.
Sheikh Mustafa Ismail visited twenty-five Arab and Islamic countries and spent the nights of the holy month of Ramadan reciting the Holy Qur’an there. He also traveled to the island of Ceylon, Turkey, Malaysia, and Tanzania, and also visited Germany and the United States of America.
Sheikh Mustafa Ismail visited Jerusalem in 1960, and recited the Noble Qur’an in Al-Aqsa Mosque on one of the nights of the Isra and Mi’raj. President Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat was a fan of listening to Sheikh Mustafa Ismail's voice. He even used to imitate his method of recitation when El-Sadat was imprisoned. He also chose him as part of the official delegation when he visited Jerusalem in 1977, and there he recited the Holy Qur'an again in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
honor
Sheikh Mustafa Ismail received the Order of Merit from the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Order of the Cedars from Lebanon in 1958, the Medal of Arts in 1965, the Medal of Excellence in 1985 from President Mubarak, the Order of Merit from Syria, and the highest medal from Malaysia, and Order of Arts from Tanzania. Sheikh Ismail received invitations and requests from Arab and Islamic countries to read in them, so he responded to those invitations, traveled to many of those countries, and read in them.
At nine in the morning on Friday, December 22, 1978 AD, Sheikh Mustafa Ismail left his home in the village of Mit Ghazal, bid farewell to his daughter, and headed to Damietta to read at the opening of the Al-Bahr Mosque in the presence of the late President Muhammad Anwar Al-Sadat.
In Damietta, the Sheikh recited his last recitation, after which he asked the driver to return to his village near Tanta, and at the crossroads between Tanta and Mahalla al-Kubra, he asked him to head to Alexandria, and he was very merry with Muharram, “the driver.” The car went to his villa in the Rushdie neighborhood in Alexandria and asked his driver to put the tarpaulin on the car. The driver was surprised by this request because Sheikh Mustafa always prevented him from putting this tarpaulin on the car for fear that it would damage its color and stick in it. Second"
The house cleaner said: “Suddenly the Sheikh expressed his happiness and was saying I am now sitting on the throne, and the whole world applauded me.” Surprised appeared on the face of the maid and the Sheikh was about to stand up to the first floor, where his bedroom is, and I asked him if he wanted to sleep now, and he said to her. I am walking in the burial of Fatima (the name of the Sheikh’s wife) because she died.” The maid was astonished (and his wife was still alive) and when he reached his bedroom, he sat on the bed calling for his daughter who was with him in Tanta. Come, my daughter, see what is in my brain.” He took her hand in his and tried to bring it to his head - and the hands fell down. The maid thought that he was tired from traveling and wanted to sleep, and his breathing was normal. The maid did not know that he had a brain explosion and that paralysis had crept into his body, so she left him asleep in a coma until the next day until 2:30 in the afternoon, and she would enter him from time to time and notice that he was breathing normally, so she left him asleep.
One of the Sheikh's friends called the house and heard of the incident and brought the doctors with him. The Sheikh was taken to the hospital in Alexandria while he was in a coma for several days until he died on the morning of Tuesday, December 26, 1978. An official funeral was held for him on Thursday, December 28, 1978. He was buried in his mosque attached to his home in the village of Mit Ghazal in Al-Santa, Gharbia Governorate.
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