11th Nat’l Gathering for Honoring Quranic Figures Slated for Feb. 3
The efforts and achievements of 39 Quran masters, veteran Quran activists, Qaris and memorizers of the entire Quran will be appreciated at the program.
Among them is Mojtaba Fardfani who came first in the memorization category of Iran’s National Quran Competition, Hadi Movahedamin who bagged the top prize in Croatia’s international Quran contest, and Ebrahim Fallah Tabassomchehreh who won the third title in Kuwait’s international Holy Quran competition.
The program will also commemorate late Iranian Quranic figure Master Mohammad Taqi Morovat.
Master Morovvat died in Toronto, Canada, in October 2016 after a long battle with a severe illness.
Born in 1944 in Tehran, Morovvat started learning the Quran with masters like Mulla Mohammad Baqer Fani and went on to become an eminent Quran reciter.
He also spent some time in Cairo to learn from senior Egyptian Qaris.
He was the first Iranian and Shia Muslim winning the top title at Malaysia’s international Holy Quran competition in 1973. He was also the first to establish choral Quran recitation sessions in Iran.
He was laid to rest at Tehran’s Behesht Zahra Cemetery on October 29.
