‘Abdul-Basit ‘Abdel-Samad was an Egyptian Qari (Quranic reciter) and has won World Qira'at (recitation) Competitions three times by early '70s. But more than that he has won the hearts of millions, across every religions and nations, including mine. I believe he will be inshaallah winning over much more in the following future.
He died on 1988 (may Allah grant him Jannah) and left behind some beautiful, soothing and enchanting recordings. Unfortunately most of his recitations were recorded in pre-digitalization age with poor equipments, and thus the actual beauty of his voice and unique recitation technique might be missing in many of them. This particular version was recorded about a year before he died and has quite the quality to prove why he was called the Voice of Heaven.
