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Yahya Ahmad Al-Holili

يحيى أحمد الحليلي

Also spelled: Yahia Ahmad Al-Holili

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Yahya Ahmad Al-Holili is a Yemeni Quran reciter. Listen online to his recitation of the full Quran: all 114 surahs, Hafs from Asim riwaya (murattal, 23 h 34). 27K plays on Assabile.

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The full Quran recited by Yahya Ahmad Al-Holili

Hafs from Asim, murattal, 23 h 34

  1. 1 Al-Fatihah The Opener, 7 verses, Meccan الفاتحة 0:38
  2. 2 Al-Baqarah The Cow, 286 verses, Medinan البقرة 1:50:14
  3. 3 Ali ’Imran Family of Imran, 200 verses, Medinan آل عمران 1:01:23
  4. 4 An-Nisa The Women, 176 verses, Medinan النساء 1:08:50
  5. 5 Al-Ma’idah The Table Spread, 120 verses, Medinan المائدة 51:27
  6. 6 Al-An’am The Cattle, 165 verses, Meccan الأنعام 53:35
  7. 7 Al-A’raf The Heights, 206 verses, Meccan الأعراف 1:00:37
  8. 8 Al-Anfal The Spoils of War, 75 verses, Medinan الأنفال 23:55
  9. 9 At-Tawbah The Repentance, 129 verses, Medinan التوبة 46:25
  10. 10 Yunus Jonah, 109 verses, Meccan يونس 34:33
  11. 11 Hud 123 verses, Meccan هود 33:43
  12. 12 Yusuf Joseph, 111 verses, Meccan يوسف 33:33
  14. 13 Ar-Ra’d The Thunder, 43 verses, Medinan الرعد 15:39
  15. 14 Ibrahim Abraham, 52 verses, Meccan ابراهيم 15:16
  16. 15 Al-Hijr The Rocky Tract, 99 verses, Meccan الحجر 12:37
  17. 16 An-Nahl The Bee, 128 verses, Meccan النحل 32:50
  18. 17 Al-Isra The Night Journey, 111 verses, Meccan الإسراء 27:54
  19. 18 Al-Kahf The Cave, 110 verses, Meccan الكهف 27:42
  20. 19 Maryam Mary, 98 verses, Meccan مريم 16:55
  21. 20 Taha Ta-Ha, 135 verses, Meccan طه 23:22
  22. 21 Al-Anbya The Prophets, 112 verses, Meccan الأنبياء 22:51
  23. 22 Al-Hajj The Pilgrimage, 78 verses, Medinan الحج 24:12
  24. 23 Al-Mu’minun The Believers, 118 verses, Meccan المؤمنون 20:09
  25. 24 An-Nur The Light, 64 verses, Medinan النور 25:01
  26. 25 Al-Furqan The Criterion, 77 verses, Meccan الفرقان 17:29
  27. 26 Ash-Shu’ara The Poets, 227 verses, Meccan الشعراء 23:11
  28. 27 An-Naml The Ant, 93 verses, Meccan النمل 20:42
  29. 28 Al-Qasas The Stories, 88 verses, Meccan القصص 24:54
  30. 29 Al-’Ankabut The Spider, 69 verses, Meccan العنكبوت 16:46
  31. 30 Ar-Rum The Romans, 60 verses, Meccan الروم 14:01
  32. 31 Luqman 34 verses, Meccan لقمان 8:44
  33. 32 As-Sajdah The Prostration, 30 verses, Meccan السجدة 6:48
  34. 33 Al-Ahzab The Combined Forces, 73 verses, Medinan الأحزاب 25:54
  35. 34 Saba Sheba, 54 verses, Meccan سبإ 16:12
  36. 35 Fatir Originator, 45 verses, Meccan فاطر 14:29
  37. 36 Ya-Sin 83 verses, Meccan يس 12:57
  38. 37 As-Saffat Those Who Set the Ranks, 182 verses, Meccan الصافات 18:12
  39. 38 Sad The Letter “Saad”, 88 verses, Meccan ص 13:19
  40. 39 Az-Zumar The Troops, 75 verses, Meccan الزمر 20:56
  41. 40 Ghafir The Forgiver, 85 verses, Meccan غافر 21:09
  42. 41 Fussilat Explained in Detail, 54 verses, Meccan فصلت 14:56
  43. 42 Ash-Shuraa The Consultation, 53 verses, Meccan الشورى 14:36
  44. 43 Az-Zukhruf The Ornaments of Gold, 89 verses, Meccan الزخرف 14:13
  45. 44 Ad-Dukhan The Smoke, 59 verses, Meccan الدخان 6:29
  46. 45 Al-Jathiyah The Crouching, 37 verses, Meccan الجاثية 8:25
  47. 46 Al-Ahqaf The Wind-Curved Sandhills, 35 verses, Meccan الأحقاف 9:42
  48. 47 Muhammad 38 verses, Medinan محمد 9:05
  49. 48 Al-Fath The Victory, 29 verses, Medinan الفتح 9:31
  50. 49 Al-Hujurat The Rooms, 18 verses, Medinan الحجرات 6:33
  51. 50 Qaf The Letter “Qaf”, 45 verses, Meccan ق 6:10
  53. 51 Adh-Dhariyat The Winnowing Winds, 60 verses, Meccan الذاريات 6:00
  54. 52 At-Tur The Mount, 49 verses, Meccan الطور 5:48
  55. 53 An-Najm The Star, 62 verses, Meccan النجم 5:45
  56. 54 Al-Qamar The Moon, 55 verses, Meccan القمر 5:52
  57. 55 Ar-Rahman The Beneficent, 78 verses, Medinan الرحمن 9:19
  58. 56 Al-Waqi’ah The Inevitable, 96 verses, Meccan الواقعة 8:21
  59. 57 Al-Hadid The Iron, 29 verses, Medinan الحديد 10:13
  60. 58 Al-Mujadila The Pleading Woman, 22 verses, Medinan المجادلة 9:10
  61. 59 Al-Hashr The Exile, 24 verses, Medinan الحشر 8:09
  62. 60 Al-Mumtahanah She That Is to Be Examined, 13 verses, Medinan الممتحنة 6:19
  63. 61 As-Saf The Ranks, 14 verses, Medinan الصف 3:49
  64. 62 Al-Jumu’ah The Congregation, Friday, 11 verses, Medinan الجمعة 3:14
  65. 63 Al-Munafiqun The Hypocrites, 11 verses, Medinan المنافقون 3:57
  66. 64 At-Taghabun The Mutual Disillusion, 18 verses, Medinan التغابن 4:22
  67. 65 At-Talaq The Divorce, 12 verses, Medinan الطلاق 5:19
  68. 66 At-Tahrim The Prohibition, 12 verses, Medinan التحريم 4:23
  69. 67 Al-Mulk The Sovereignty, 30 verses, Meccan الملك 5:41
  70. 68 Al-Qalam The Pen, 52 verses, Meccan القلم 5:50
  71. 69 Al-Haqqah The Reality, 52 verses, Meccan الحاقة 5:25
  72. 70 Al-Ma’arij The Ascending Stairways, 44 verses, Meccan المعارج 4:13
  73. 71 Nuh Noah, 28 verses, Meccan نوح 4:17
  74. 72 Al-Jinn The Jinn, 28 verses, Meccan الجن 5:13
  75. 73 Al-Muzzammil The Enshrouded One, 20 verses, Meccan المزمل 3:44
  76. 74 Al-Muddaththir The Cloaked One, 56 verses, Meccan المدثر 4:39
  77. 75 Al-Qiyamah The Resurrection, 40 verses, Meccan القيامة 3:08
  78. 76 Al-Insan The Man, 31 verses, Medinan الانسان 5:02
  79. 77 Al-Mursalat The Emissaries, 50 verses, Meccan المرسلات 4:09
  80. 78 An-Naba The Tidings, 40 verses, Meccan النبإ 3:48
  81. 79 An-Nazi’at Those Who Drag Forth, 46 verses, Meccan النازعات 3:34
  82. 80 ’Abasa He Frowned, 42 verses, Meccan عبس 2:45
  83. 81 At-Takwir The Overthrowing, 29 verses, Meccan التكوير 2:02
  84. 82 Al-Infitar The Cleaving, 19 verses, Meccan الإنفطار 1:28
  85. 83 Al-Mutaffifin The Defrauding, 36 verses, Meccan المطففين 3:24
  86. 84 Al-Inshiqaq The Sundering, 25 verses, Meccan الإنشقاق 1:56
  87. 85 Al-Buruj The Mansions of the Stars, 22 verses, Meccan البروج 2:01
  88. 86 At-Tariq The Nightcomer, 17 verses, Meccan الطارق 1:17
  89. 87 Al-A’la The Most High, 19 verses, Meccan الأعلى 1:16
  90. 88 Al-Ghashiyah The Overwhelming, 26 verses, Meccan الغاشية 1:43
  91. 89 Al-Fajr The Dawn, 30 verses, Meccan الفجر 2:31
  92. 90 Al-Balad The City, 20 verses, Meccan البلد 1:27
  93. 91 Ash-Shams The Sun, 15 verses, Meccan الشمس 1:03
  94. 92 Al-Layl The Night, 21 verses, Meccan الليل 1:18
  95. 93 Ad-Duhaa The Morning Hours, 11 verses, Meccan الضحى 0:47
  96. 94 Ash-Sharh The Relief, 8 verses, Meccan الشرح 0:29
  97. 95 At-Tin The Fig, 8 verses, Meccan التين 0:42
  98. 96 Al-’Alaq The Clot, 19 verses, Meccan العلق 1:23
  99. 97 Al-Qadr The Power, 5 verses, Meccan القدر 0:29
  100. 98 Al-Bayyinah The Clear Proof, 8 verses, Medinan البينة 1:35
  101. 99 Az-Zalzalah The Earthquake, 8 verses, Medinan الزلزلة 0:41
  102. 100 Al-’Adiyat The Courser, 11 verses, Meccan العاديات 0:49
  103. 101 Al-Qari’ah The Calamity, 11 verses, Meccan القارعة 0:45
  104. 102 At-Takathur The Rivalry in World Increase, 8 verses, Meccan التكاثر 0:33
  105. 103 Al-’Asr The Declining Day, 3 verses, Meccan العصر 0:17
  106. 104 Al-Humazah The Traducer, 9 verses, Meccan الهمزة 0:37
  107. 105 Al-Fil The Elephant, 5 verses, Meccan الفيل 0:27
  108. 106 Quraysh 4 verses, Meccan قريش 0:23
  109. 107 Al-Ma’un The Small Kindnesses, 7 verses, Meccan الماعون 0:28
  110. 108 Al-Kawthar The Abundance, 3 verses, Meccan الكوثر 0:14
  111. 109 Al-Kafirun The Disbelievers, 6 verses, Meccan الكافرون 0:26
  112. 110 An-Nasr The Divine Support, 3 verses, Medinan النصر 0:26
  113. 111 Al-Masad The Palm Fiber, 5 verses, Meccan المسد 0:25
  114. 112 Al-Ikhlas The Sincerity, 4 verses, Meccan الإخلاص 0:13
  115. 113 Al-Falaq The Daybreak, 5 verses, Meccan الفلق 0:24
  116. 114 An-Nas Mankind, 6 verses, Meccan الناس 0:29

Biography of Yahya Ahmad Al-Holili

Yahya Al-Holili: The Fine Record of a Dedicated Reciter

He is one of the best-known Quran reciters in Yemen in particular and in the Islamic world in general. Many people have grown attached to his sweet voice, and for Yemenis his name is linked to the recitation of verses of the Wise Reminder before iftar and suhoor during the month of Ramadan every year. The village of Al-Holailah, in Sanaa Governorate, is his birthplace, and from it he takes his family name and the name by which he is known. This is the reciter Sheikh Yahya Al-Holili, whose full name is Yahya Ahmad Mohammed Al-Holili; he was born in 1372 AH / 1952 CE.

At the age of seven, Yahya Al-Holili left his small village for the capital, Sanaa, where his father, may Allah have mercy on him, enrolled him in the Quran memorization circles of the Great Mosque. His father had taken care to have him memorize the Quran before he recited it from memory to the sheikhs of the Great Mosque. In just two years, he completed his memorization of the Holy Quran, after which he devoted himself to the study of the seven readings under a group of scholars and sheikhs, including the reciter Mohammed Hussein Amer, Sheikh Hassan Lutf Basuhaid, and others.

In his early twenties, after years of hard work and study, he obtained the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree in Arabic language sciences from Yemen’s Ministry of Education, in 1393 AH / 1973 CE. A few years later, he took part in a number of local and international Quran competitions, most notably the one held in Malaysia in 1979 and the one hosted by Saudi Arabia the following year, in which he won second prize.

Alongside his intellectual and Quranic activities, Yahya Al-Holili held a number of posts and responsibilities, most notably teaching the Holy Quran in Sanaa in 1970, and later serving as imam and preacher (khatib) of the mosque of the Al-Tahrir district in the capital, Sanaa. He also served on the jury of a Quran competition in Egypt in 1995, chaired the jury of the President’s Award for Quran Memorization in Yemen in 2000, and was appointed to the jury of the Holy Quran competition in Turkey in 2013.

In addition to his scholarly and intellectual record, Sheikh Yahya Al-Holili has a substantial audio library containing the finest Quran recitations he has recorded in his sweet voice for radio and television over the years. These recordings are available on CD and online. On a personal level, Sheikh Yahya Al-Holili is married and the father of nine children.

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