Biography of Sheikh Mahmoud AbdelHakam
- Allah blessed him with a distinctive voice and a unique tone, which made him beloved by young and old alike. He studied the Holy Quran for a long time and mastered it, and he gained a deep understanding of religion and mastered it. He traveled here and there, spreading the Book of Allah and was generous in introducing it. With his powerful voice, reverence became stronger than the echo, and with his skillful performance, contemplation reached the furthest reaches. This is about the Egyptian reciter, Sheikh Mahmoud Abdel Hakam, who passed away in September 1982.
- Sheikh Mahmoud Abdel-Hakam was born in the village of Karnak in the Qena Governorate in Upper Egypt on the 17th of Rabi' al-Awwal 1333 AH / February 1, 1915 AD. During his childhood, he was raised in a conservative family, as his father was one of the most famous scholars in his village. As soon as he grew old and his bones strengthened, his father enrolled him in the village's Kuttab (Islamic school). He completed memorizing the Holy Quran and its fundamentals before the age of ten. This paved the way for him to enroll in the Ahmadi Institute in the city of Tanta, where he spent two full years, before moving on to study at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in Cairo, where he studied under the best scholars and venerable sheikhs.
- Throughout his academic career, may God have mercy on him, he was distinguished by his intelligence, brilliance and brilliance. He was a role model among his peers and a good example for those of his age and with the same ambitions. Thanks to that, invitations to recite the Holy Quran poured in to him from everywhere, and his fame spread to various regions and governorates. In 1937, he applied for the exam to join the Egyptian Radio and succeeded, becoming one of the best reciters of his time and his fame spread locally and regionally. In parallel with his work as a reciter on the radio, may God have mercy on him, he was appointed as a reciter at the Sayyida Nafisa Mosque.
- At the height of his distinguished contributions, and after a successful academic and professional career, fate suddenly overtook him in 1982, leaving behind a distinguished Quranic legacy and a rich library of Quranic recordings whose echoes still resonate to this day. With his death, may God have mercy on him, Egypt and the Islamic world lost a great reciter and a performer of the Psalms of David, one that is difficult to replicate.