Seven to Take Stage Today as Dubai Quran Contest Gets Underway
The 16th session of the Holy Quran memorisation and recitation contest, organised by the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (Dihqa) will begin on Friday at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry auditorium in Dubai.
The first day will see seven contestants vying for the coveted award. Abbas Abdinasir Moalim Ahmed (UK), Ainul Arefin (Bangladesh), Abdulrahman Mahmoud Faris Khalaf (Jordan), Lafir Abdullah Lafir (Sri Lanka), El Hadji Drame (Mali), Ahmed Ibrahim Mohamed Halane (Denmark), Hasan Katongole (Uganda) and Omary Abdallah Salim (Tanzania) are among the first group of participants to recite the verses from the Holy Quran in the presence of an international panel of judges.
Abderrahmane Toukane (Italy), Samer Muwafaq Abed Al-Kubaisi (Iraq), Muhammad Talha Sharjeel Rahat (Pakistan), Abdulrahman Ali Abdulrahman Rashed Alrafaei (Bahrain), Mofti Saro Mohammad Yasin (Philippines), Abbas Muhammad Salisu Zakariya (Nigeria), Soufiane Ikachoura (Netherlands) and Aphisit Matang (Thailand) will perform the following day.
Earlier, delivering a lecture on “How to taste the sweetness of the Quran,” Dr Essam Al Owaid from Saudi Arabia reviewed the reasons that help us to read the Holy Quran and its reflection on our lifestyle.
The speaker emphasised that every Muslim believes that the Holy Quran is the source of happiness and guidance and once someone hears the Holy Book of Allah, it leads to a feeling of relaxation. This feeling extends also to the Muslims who do not know Arabic.
He also stated that non-Muslims also feel the sweetness of the Holy Quran once they start listening to it and he gave some examples about non-Muslims having converted to Islam after hearing verses from the Book of Allah.
Dr Al Owaid stated: “If we know how to listen to the Holy Quran, then we will be able to solve all our problems that we face in our life.”
The prestigious annual event will conclude on Ramadan 20 with Yusuf Estes being conferred with the Islamic Personality of the Year Award. He was chosen from a group of nominees for his unremitting efforts to spread and preach Islam’s tolerant teachings and values in the West.
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Source: Gulf Today
Abderrahmane Toukane (Italy), Samer Muwafaq Abed Al-Kubaisi (Iraq), Muhammad Talha Sharjeel Rahat (Pakistan), Abdulrahman Ali Abdulrahman Rashed Alrafaei (Bahrain), Mofti Saro Mohammad Yasin (Philippines), Abbas Muhammad Salisu Zakariya (Nigeria), Soufiane Ikachoura (Netherlands) and Aphisit Matang (Thailand) will perform the following day.
Earlier, delivering a lecture on “How to taste the sweetness of the Quran,” Dr Essam Al Owaid from Saudi Arabia reviewed the reasons that help us to read the Holy Quran and its reflection on our lifestyle.
The speaker emphasised that every Muslim believes that the Holy Quran is the source of happiness and guidance and once someone hears the Holy Book of Allah, it leads to a feeling of relaxation. This feeling extends also to the Muslims who do not know Arabic.
He also stated that non-Muslims also feel the sweetness of the Holy Quran once they start listening to it and he gave some examples about non-Muslims having converted to Islam after hearing verses from the Book of Allah.
Dr Al Owaid stated: “If we know how to listen to the Holy Quran, then we will be able to solve all our problems that we face in our life.”
The prestigious annual event will conclude on Ramadan 20 with Yusuf Estes being conferred with the Islamic Personality of the Year Award. He was chosen from a group of nominees for his unremitting efforts to spread and preach Islam’s tolerant teachings and values in the West.
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Source: Gulf Today
