5th edition Mohammed VI Foundation Qu’ran recitation competition held in Accra

 The 5th edition of the Mo­hammed VI Foundation for African Oulema Qur’an recitation competition was last Saturday held in Accra.

The annual event, organised by the Ghana branch, seeks to imbibe in the youth the culture of reciting the Qu’ran, the Holy Book of Is­lam, to shape their lives and guide them to the path of righteousness.

The competition was in three categories, which included memo­risation of full Qur’an in the con­ventional Hafs style of recitation, memorising of full Qur’an in the Warash style of recitation and the traditional Moroccan style profi­ciency in memorising five thematic parts of the Qur’an known as Ahzaab – in a variety of styles of recitation.

Abdul Hanan Mohammed Amin, Sulaiman Dawud Tindawee and Salih Uthman Hassan placed first, second and third respectively in the Hafs recitation category.

In the Warsh category, Moham­med Auwal Yaqub emerged first, Abdul Lateef Yaqub and Mah­moud Mohammed came second and third respectively.

In the Khams Ahzaab category, Muhibbah Mohammed Khamis came up first, beating Muhammad Amin Saleem Saeed and Abdul Sabur Mohammed to the second and third positions.

The winner in each of the three categories are expected to partici­pate in the grand finale.

The President of the Ghana branch of the foundation, Sheikh Mustapha Ibrahim, advised Arabic teachers to ensure that they moni­tor their students, especially those with the Qur’an memorisation, to take the learning and reading of the Holy Qur’an seriously.

He stated that the next competi­tion will be on regional levels with the finals to be held in Accra.