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My Take
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.
Overview
Qari Mishary bin Rashid Alafasy (Arabic: مشاري بن راشد العفاسي) is a Kuwaiti qāriʾ (Quran reciter), imam, preacher, and nasheed artist. He studied at the College of the Holy Quran at the Islamic University of Madinah, where he specialized in the ten qira'at (canonical methods of Quranic recitation) and tafsir (Quranic exegesis). In addition to his Qur’anic recitation, Alafasy has released several nasheed albums.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- qāriʾ / imam
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Islamic University of Madinah
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- 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
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.