Rabat – The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs organised, last Thursday evening at the Mohammed VI Institute for the Training of Imams, Mourchidines and Mourchidates, a Ramadan evening celebrating the Holy Quran and its people, on the occasion of the “Night of the Quran”, which the Ministry organises annually as part of its interest in the Book of God and the care for its memorisers and reciters.
This evening was an opportunity to review the achievements made in the service of the Holy Quran and to listen to what is easy from the Holy Quran with the voices of a selection of skilled reciters from Morocco and abroad, in addition to honouring a group of servants of the Book of God from male and female memorisers and those who have had a clear contribution to the memorisation and study of the Holy Quran and the dissemination of its teachings.
The Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Ahmed Toufiq, stressed in a speech on the occasion that the organisation of this evening reflects the great interest that the Holy Quran and its people receive in Morocco, under the patronage of the Commander of the Faithful, explaining that this night has been held since 2004 with the aim of establishing the traditions of memorising and reciting the Holy Quran, and strengthening the Moroccan approach to recitation, and it is also an occasion to honour the servants of the Holy Quran from memorisers, reciters and participants in national and international competitions.
The Minister pointed out that the Ministry continues its efforts to support and rehabilitate Quranic schools (Msids), as their number has reached more than 12,000 Quranic schools, in which 14,000 male and female memorisers work, and more than 400,000 students benefit from them.
He also noted that the Ministry is working to correct the educational path of Quran memorisers, through traditional education, and the development of Quranic studies curricula at Al-Qarawiyyin University, noting that it is planned to require full memorisation of the Quran to join Dar Al-Hadith Al-Hassania, and to create Master's and PhD programmes at the Mohammed VI Institute for Quranic Readings and Studies.
The Minister highlighted the role played by the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Publication of the Holy Quran, which distributed 500,000 copies of the Mohammedan Holy Quran this year, including copies directed to government agencies, consulates and African countries, adding that the Ministry is currently seeking to print the Moroccan Quran in local African languages, in order to ensure that the Holy Quran reaches the largest segment of people, and to ensure the accuracy of its setting and pronunciation.
For his part, Kaddouri Al-Hashemi, a journalist at Mohammed VI Radio for the Holy Quran, expressed his great pride in the honour he received for the success achieved by the radio programme he presents, “A Day with a Reciter”, in reaching a large number of Moroccan families, considering that “winning a prize related to the Book of God Almighty is a beautiful and incomparable feeling”.
He pointed out that the programme he oversees aims to introduce a group of reciters, whether young people who have started memorising the Book of God, or those with long experience in this field, and to share their path in order to provide models and examples for the rising generations to follow and encourage them to join the ranks of Quran memorisers.
In turn, the calligrapher Mohamed Al-Asri, who was honoured for his contribution to writing the Quran for the visually impaired for the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Publication of the Holy Quran, confirmed that writing the Holy Quran is a great honour for any calligrapher, and a dedication to the efforts of serving the Holy Quran, adding that these initiatives would motivate the young generations to take an interest in the arts of Arabic calligraphy, especially in the field of writing the Holy Quran according to the original rules.
During this evening, the memoriser Zahra Al-Kayat and the memoriser M'hammed Al-Kantaoui, who graduated a large number of memorisers, the two memorising children Zaid Al-Baqali and Khadija Ait Baja, and Dr. Abdelhadi Hamitou for his great scientific efforts in the service of the Holy Quran, in addition to the calligrapher Sharifa Al-Haimri for her contributions to planning and drawing the Holy Quran, were also honoured.
The student Ashraf Haer, who obtained the highest degree from the Mohammed VI Institute for Quranic Readings and Studies, and the two memorisers of the Book of God Abdelkrim Azroual and Malika Lahlah, who are people with special needs, were also honoured.
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