Education
Rifat completed memorisation of the Qur"an by the age of ten.
Rifat completed memorisation of the Qur"an by the age of ten.
Rifat is often praised for correlating melody to the meaning of the Qur"anic Verses, a feat known in Arabic as tasweer al-mana. He then studied the rules of recitation under Sheikh Mohammed First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Bughdadi and Sheikh First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Samalouti. In addition to his work on radio, Sheikh Rifat was the official reciter of the Qur"an at Mustapha Pacha mosque in Cairo for more than 25 years until, in 1942, he contracted an illness which left him unable to continue.
On the day that Sheikh Mohammed Rifat died, announcers around the world proclaimed the loss of one of the Islamic beacons of light.