Imad bin Zuhayr Hafiz
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Imad bin Zuhayr Hafiz (b. 1382 AH / 1962 CE) is a Saudi scholar of Quranic exegesis (tafsir) and a Quran reciter based in Medina .
Early life and education
Imad Zuhayr Abd al-Qadir Hafiz was born in Medina in 1382 AH . He memorized the Quran at an early age and studied tajwid according to the narration of Hafs from Asim via the Shatibiyyah route . He completed his primary, intermediate, and secondary education in Medina's formal schools .
He subsequently pursued higher education at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, earning a bachelor's degree in Islamic studies in 1404 AH . In 1405 AH, he was appointed as a teaching assistant in the same department and continued his graduate research there, completing his master's degree in 1408 AH . He then joined the Islamic University of Madinah as a lecturer in the Department of Tafsir and Quranic Sciences at the College of the Holy Quran in 1409 AH . He earned his doctorate in Quranic exegesis in 1412 AH and was subsequently appointed assistant professor in the same department .
Among his prominent teachers in Quranic recitation and Islamic sciences were Ahmad Abd al-Aziz al-Zayyat, under whom he read the entire Quran according to Hafs from Asim via Rawdat al-Mu'addil, and Muhammad Bashir al-Haddad of Aleppo, who granted him an ijazah in the same narration via the Shatibiyyah . He also studied under Ibrahim al-Akhdar, Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Hudhayfi, Abd al-Rafi' Radwan al-Sharqawi, and Abu Hanif Mujahid Hasan, who supervised his master's thesis .
Academic career and recitation
In his academic work, Hafiz specialized in thematic and analytical Quranic exegesis, authoring studies such as Manhaj al-Qur'an al-Karim fi Ri'ayat Du'afa' al-Mujtama' (The Quranic Method in Caring for Society's Vulnerable) and Tasbih Allah Dhatihi al-'Aliyya fi Ayat Kitabihi al-Sunniyya (God's Glorification of His Exalted Self in the Sublime Verses of His Book) .
As a reciter, he was selected by the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran in Medina to record a complete audio recitation of the Quran according to the narration of Hafs from Asim with qasr al-munfasil (shortening the detached madd) .
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List of Works
Tasbih Allah Dhatihi al-Aliyya fi Ayat Kitabihi al-Sunniya (God's Glorification of His Exalted Self in the Sublime Verses of His Book) is a thematic Quranic study that examines every instance in the Quran where God directly glorifies and declares the transcendence of His own divine Self (tasbih). The work investigates twenty-five such occurrences across the scripture, analyzing the theological wisdom, communicative purpose, and textual context of each passage.
Hamd Allah Dhatihi al-Karima fi Ayat Kitabihi al-Hakima (God's Praise of His Noble Essence in the Verses of His Wise Book) is a thematic Quranic study dedicated to examining the verses of the Quran wherein God praises His own Essence. Following the traditional sequence of the surahs, it investigates fifteen specific Quranic passages to uncover the underlying wisdom, thematic connections, and theological significance of divine self-praise.