Kamfanin dillancin labaran kur’ani na iqna ya habarta cewa, an nada wannan karatu ne a shekara ta 1978 a gidan talabijin na kasar Masar, kuma ana daukarsa daya daga cikin bajintar da Jagora Abdul Basit ya yi.
An haifi Farfesa Abdul Basit Muhammad Abdul Samad Salim Dawood, fitaccen makaranci a kasar Masar da kuma duniyar Musulunci, kuma ma'abocin zinare a makogoron karatu, a shekarar 1927 a kauyen "Al-Maraza" da ke wajen birnin. Arman a kudu maso yammacin lardin "Al-Aqsar" na kasar Masar. Wani mutumi da jami'ai da hukumomin Masar da na Masar suka lura da shi saboda kyakkyawar muryarsa, da shiga gidan rediyon, sai bukatar sayen wannan na'urar ta karu, kuma ana watsa sautin kur'aninsa a galibin gidaje.
Abdul Basit ya kasance daya daga cikin mashahuran makarata a kasashen musulmi, kuma saboda kyawun muryarsa da irin yadda yake karantarwa, ya samu karbuwa da farin jini na musamman a mafi yawan kasashe da yankuna na duniya, kuma ana yi masa lakabi da makogwaro na zinari da murya Makkah.