Listen to the Quran: Recitations by Famous Reciters

Which Quran reciters can I listen to?

You can listen to 14 reciters, and every one of them covers the complete Quran: all 114 surahs and all 6,236 ayahs. The list includes Abdul Basit, Alafasy, Husary, Abdurrahmaan As-Sudais, Saood bin Ibraaheem Ash-Shuraym, Maher Al Muaiqly and Minshawy, so the voices most people search for are already here.

The full list, in the order the app shows it: Abdul Basit, Abdul Samad, Abdullah Basfar, Abdurrahmaan As-Sudais, Abu Bakr Ash-Shaatree, Ahmed ibn Ali al-Ajamy, Alafasy, Hani Rifai, Hudhaify, Husary, Husary (Mujawwad), Maher Al Muaiqly, Minshawy (Mujawwad) and Saood bin Ibraaheem Ash-Shuraym.

Each reciter has a page listing all 114 surahs with their Arabic names and ayah counts, plus a row of surahs people often return to, such as Al-Faatiha, Yaseen, Ar-Rahmaan, Al-Mulk and the last three surahs. Husary appears twice because two of his recordings are available: his plain recitation and his Mujawwad recitation. Minshawy is available in his Mujawwad recitation.

We keep this page honest about what is missing: there are no reciter biographies or photos yet, and reciters not in the list above (for example Saad Al-Ghamdi) are not available.

How do I listen while following the Arabic text and translation?

Choose a reciter in the settings panel, open a surah and press Play all. The audio plays one ayah after another, the ayah being recited is highlighted, and the Arabic text sits next to the translation you selected, so you can read the meaning while you listen instead of switching between two apps.

The same reciter is used everywhere you can play audio: the surah reader, a single ayah, the mushaf page view and the large-button driving mode. Auto-scroll is off by default; switch it on and the page follows the recitation for you. The player also has previous and next ayah buttons, a seek bar, volume and mute, and speeds from 0.5x to 2x.

Because each ayah is a separate audio file, you may notice a very short pause between ayahs. If a file cannot load, the player tells you the audio is unavailable rather than failing silently.

Which reciter is best for memorizing the Quran?

The best reciter for memorization is the one whose pace you can follow and repeat comfortably. Many people find a slower, steady recitation easier to copy than a melodic one. Try a few surahs with two or three reciters, slow the speed down if needed, then stay with one voice so the sound becomes familiar.

Sticking to a single reciter helps because you begin to remember the rhythm and the places where he pauses, not only the words. If a reciter feels too fast, the 0.75x or 0.5x speed setting can make a long ayah easier to follow without changing the recitation itself.

For focused practice, the Quran memorization feature is built around repeating each ayah before moving on. The reader and the reciter list are good for listening; memorization mode is where steady repetition happens.

Where does the audio come from?

The recitations are per-ayah MP3 files streamed from the islamic.network audio library, a public collection of Quran recordings. Islamic Vault does not host or edit the audio. We match each file to its surah and ayah so that the text on screen and the voice you hear always point to the same verse.

Files are streamed at 64 kbps, which keeps them light on mobile data. Listening on the website needs no account at all, and the iOS and Android apps include the same reciters with a reciter list, a surah playlist and repeat options for a single ayah or a whole surah.