Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi

Al-Minshawi commands a respect that transcends language for me. Born in Egypt's Sohag Governorate into a renowned family of reciters, his grandfather, father, and brother all famed Qurra, he inherited a lineage of voice itself. What moves me is the nickname he earned, the weeping voice, a recognition that his recitation reached straight into the listener's heart. He died at only forty-nine in 1969, yet his recordings still echo through prayers across the Arab world. I cannot follow every word, but the power to stir human emotion needs no translation. That his artistry endures more than half a century later speaks to a mastery I find genuinely humbling.

Name (English)

Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi

Name (Japanese)

ムハンマド・シディーク・アルミンシャウィ

Reading

むはんまど・しでぃーく・あるみんしゃうぃ

Born

January 20, 1920 – June 20, 1969

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Origin

Al-Munsha'āh, Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Occupation

qāriʾ

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Siddiq%20Al-Minshawi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3959320

Tags

• Sohag Governorate
• qāriʾ

Last updated

2026-06-23

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.