Mustafa Ismail

The quadrumvirate of El Minshawy, Abdul Basit, Mustafa Ismail, and Al-Hussary are generally considered the most important and famous qurrāʾ of modern times to have had an outsized impact on the Islamic world.

He went to an Institution in Tanta and was instructed in the science of Tafsir (exegesis), Qiraa'at (ways or fashions of recitation) and Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence).

After completing his formal studies, Sheikh Mustafa Ismail devoted his life to the service of the Quran.

His son Wahid Mustafa said: Somebody pointed at my father and said that this young man recites the Quran well.

By the 1940s he was recognized and respected by almost the whole of Egypt, one particular quality of note is that Sheikh Mustafa Ismail's personality never changed.

Sheikh Mustafa Ismail was concerned of the 30 minute duration, Sheikh Mustafa Ismail was accustomed to recite for several hours at a time and now he would have to achieve the same quality recitation in only thirty minutes.

In order to achieve this Sheikh Mustafa Ismail began practicing against the 30 minute limit.

Sheikh Mustafa Ismail wasn't very happy with his initial reception, especially the number of people in the audience.

The President of Turkey invited him to the Royal Palace and gave a golden lettered Quran, as a special gift.

The mosque was completely full, Sheikh Mustafa Ismael said "I have travelled around the world but I have never seen anything like the audience of Istanbul."

[5] Sheikh Mustafa Ismail had a unique style, he would recite the Quran in a particular fashion, employing the Arabic maqamat to illustrate the words of Allah to the listener.

Dr. Ahmed Nuaina, an Egyptian Qur'an reader, once told noted composer Ammar El-Shereii: Mostafa Ismail is not just one sheikh.