
Kamar yadda aka ruwaito daga gidan jaridar "Al-Shuruq", an haifi Sheikh Sayyid Abdul Shafi Hilal a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1945 a unguwar "Damanhur Shubra al-Khaymah" a lardin Qalyubiyya na Masar. Ya bar gado mai albarka na Alƙur'ani mai cike da karimci, kira, da hidima ga Maganar Allah.
Sheikh Sayyid Abdul Shafi Hilal ya girma a cikin iyali mai son ilimi da Alƙur'ani mai girma. Ya haddace Alƙur'ani tun yana ƙarami, kuma ya kammala haddicen gaba daya yana da shekaru 12. Daga nan ya karanci ilimin tajwidi da qira'oti a wurin wasu malaman Alƙur'ani. Babban malaminsa shine Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Ghani, wanda ya jagorance shi zuwa Cibiyar Nazarin Qira'oti a Al-Azhar domin kammala karatunsa na shari'a da na Alƙur'ani.
Basirarsa ta tilawe ta bayyana tun yana yaro, kuma tun bai kai shekara 17 ba, ya kasance yana halartar bukukuwan addini da daren tilawe har ya shahara a tsakanin masu karatu da masu sauraro. Ya banbanta da murya mai ƙarfi da kuma karatun da take da tasiri, wanda hakan ya sanya shi cikin manyan masu karatu na zamanin. Haka kuma, saboda kokarin da ya yi na yada Alƙur'ani mai girma a ciki da wajen Masar, aka ba shi lakabin "Jakadan Ƙasar Tilawe".
Bayan da ya kafa kansa a matsayin mai zaman kansa a fagen karatu da tilawe, an karɓi Sheikh marigayi a jarrabawar gidan rediyon Masar a shekara ta 1976. Ya dage cewa yana son ya samu salonsa na musamman ba tare da kwaikwayon kowa ba, don haka ya bar tasiri na musamman ga masu sauraro da masoyan tilawe.
Sheikh Sayyid Abdul Shafi Hilal ya kasance wakilin Masar a ƙasashe da yawa na duniya, inda ya ziyarci fiye da ƙasashe 20 na Larabawa, Turai, Afirka, da Amurka, yana karanta Alƙur'ani a manyan taron Musulunci. Ya kuma yi rikodin karatun Alƙur'ani mai girma gaba daya sau biyu a Amurka da Switzerland, kuma mutane maza da mata da yawa sun musulunta bayan da karatun Alƙur'ani da muryarsa ya shafe su.
Ya kuma kasance bako na UAE a daren watan Ramadan mai albarka, inda ya karanta Alƙur'ani a wasu manyan masallatan ƙasar, kuma ya samu halartar jama'a da tasiri mai girma a tarurrukan tilawe.
Sheikh Sayyid Abdul Shafi Hilal ya rike mukamin shugaban masu karatu a lardin Qalyubiyya na tsawon shekaru, kuma an san shi da himma wajen jagoranci da nasiha ga masu karatu, da kuma kula da ƙwarewar dokokin tilawe. Ya ci gaba da aikinsa na hidimar Maganar Allah har zuwa rasuwarsa a ranar 18 ga Yuli, 2013, inda ya bar gadon Alƙur'ani madawwami da kyakkyawan tarihi a wurin mabiya Alƙur'ani da masoyansa.
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