Shaykh Mahmoud Al-Assal is an Egyptian scholar and a native speaker of Arabic. He is a graduate of the Alexandria Institute of Qirāʾāt at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, where he completed his academic studies with exceptional excellence, consistently achieving top ranks across all programs.
He earned his Ijāzah in Tajwīd and the Ḥafṣ narration over a two-year period, graduating with an Excellent grade and securing first place. He then pursued the Advanced Qirāʾāt Program, completing the Ten Qirāʾāt Ijāzah over three years, once again graduating with an Excellent grade and ranking first.
Shaykh Mahmoud possesses multiple Qur’anic Ijāzāt, including ʿĀṣim (2007), Warsh (2010), Qālūn and Abū Jaʿfar (2012), Ibn ʿĀmir (2015), Ḥamzah (2015), and the full Ten Qirāʾāt (2016), all received from Shaykh Yousry Mohamed Awad. In addition, he holds Ijāzāt in the renowned Tajwīd texts Al-Jazariyyah and Al-Tuhfah, granted by prominent contemporary scholars.
With over 13 years of teaching experience, he has taught Qur’an and Qirāʾāt at a number of well-known Qur’anic institutions. His background includes instructing non-Arabic speakers online in English, as well as teaching at major Qur’anic centers in Alexandria.
Since 2019, Shaykh Mahmoud has been the Director and Co-Founder of Shaykhi Academy, where he also serves as a Senior Instructor. His teaching focuses on advanced Tajwīd, Ijāzah and Qirāʾāt programs, Qur’an memorization, and courses in Qur’an and Arabic reading.
