Abdul Basit cites the many event as a miracle he had experienced during one of his travels, reminiscent of other accounts in Islamic history of Meccan converts from recitation.Ībdul Basit was born in a village called Armant in the southern part of Egypt in 1927. Shaikh Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad recites Qura`n in renowned way, by this believes he won three world Qirat competitions in the early 1970's. “There is a key for everything, and the key to Paradise is to love the Qur’an“Įvery situation is a lesson to be learned and recitation is the best of it.