Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy

Alafasy fascinates me because he sits at the intersection of devotion, scholarship, and artistry. Training at the Islamic University of Madinah and mastering the ten qira'at is no small feat, and the fact that he also creates nasheed albums tells me he understands sound as something that moves people, not merely a duty performed. I cannot judge the theology, but I deeply respect anyone who turns a sacred discipline into a craft refined over decades. His recitations are said to reach listeners across language barriers, which to me is the truest mark of an artist. Born in 1976, he now carries the authority of maturity, and I would happily sit and simply listen.

Name (English)

Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy

Name (Japanese)

ミシャーリー・ビン・ラーシド・アル＝アファースィー

Reading

みしゃーりー・びん・らーしど・ある＝あふぁーすぃー

Born

September 5, 1976 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Origin

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Occupation

qāriʾ / imam

University

Islamic University of Madinah

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://misharialafasy.net/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alafasy/
• Xhttps://x.com/alafasy
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC

Tags

• qāriʾ
• imam

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.