Rubina Khalid (1959 – 23 December 2017) was a Pakistani Quran reciter.[1]
In 1996, she received the Pride of Performance Award in Qirat by the President of Pakistan.[2][1]
Early life and career
She was born in 1959.[1][3] Her father's name was Chaudhry Khushi Mohammad who was a 'close associate' of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan. Her father also owned a business called Punjab Press that used to print many newspapers.[1] She did her master's degree in Arabic from the University of the Punjab in 1987.[1][3] She had memorized the Qura'n and achieved proficiency in Qirat by the time she was nine years old.[3][1]
Rubina taught as Assistant Professor of Arabic at Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore and Government Islamia College, Lahore for 37 years.[3][4] She first started appearing on the PTV in 1971 to recite the Quran.[1] She was married to a college professor Khalid Mahmood Hashmi and had two daughters, Namrah and Arooba.[3][1]
Qari Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927 - 1988) of Egypt, (an international Quran reciting celebrity) had heard her reciting the Quran at the historic Badshahi Masjid, Lahore, "and affectionately called the 12-year-old Rubina as 'Chhota Basit' (the second Basit)".[1][3]
Death
Rubina Khalid died on 23 December 2017 after a long battle with cancer at the age of 58.[3][4] Among the survivors were her husband and two daughters. She was buried at the Miani Sahib Graveyard in Lahore.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Rubina – the Qaria of Pakistan". Business Recorder (newspaper). 25 June 2005. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ↑ "Qaria Rubina for Quranic education from primary classes". The Nation (newspaper). 7 June 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Country's first Qaria Rubina Khalid dies". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 26 December 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Qaria Rubina dies". The Nation (newspaper). 25 December 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2023.