Mecca Summer Quranic Sessions Aim to Deepen Worshippers’ Link with Holy Book

IQNA – The summer courses organized at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca aim to deepen links between pilgrims and worshippers with the Holy Book.

Sessions are being held in the Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, to teach the correct reading of the Holy Quran amid high participation.

Part of summer courses organized by the Saudi Presidency of Religious Affairs in the Two Holy Mosques, the 38-day sessions started on June 29 under the motto 'In Company of the Holy Quran in Vicinity of the Holy Kaaba'. The Grand Mosque houses the Holy Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure that Muslims around the world direct in their prayers.

The in-person course teaches participants to perfectly recite and memorize Islam's sacred book in a learning setting. The course, which coincides with the school summer break, is prepared in a flexible way enabling participants to choose the attendance time from six schedules for males and three for females.

The sessions are part of a plan launched for the current season of Umrah or minor pilgrimage that got underway last month after the end of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage that was attended by around 1.8 million Muslims.

The course is designed to deepen links between the pilgrims and worshippers with the Quran and its moderate message on a well-established scholarly, the presidency said.

Some 8.3 million Umrah visas were issued during the last season. The Umrah is undertaken around the year in the Grand Mosque amid a host of facilities offered by Saudi authorities.

Source: Gnews