60-Year-Old Man Memorizes 5 Juzes of Quran

TEHRAN (IQNA) – It usually gets more difficult to commit something to memory when one gets older.

But a 60-year-old man in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad has challenged this by memorizing 5 Juzes (parts) of the Holy Quran.
Mosayyeb Taheri took part in the national Quran Memorization Plan and took him 9 months to learn the 5 Juzes by heart, IRNA reported.
Taheri, who is an Education Ministry retiree, says reciting and memorizing the Quran brings peace to one’s life and has spiritual benefits.
He plans to learn the entire Quran by heart. 
The national Quran Memorization Plan has been organized by Iran’s Awqaf and Charity Affairs Organization.
The plan, which will be implemented for four years, aims to train one million Quran memorizers in the country.