Styles of recitation of the Quran can sometimes have a cultural and even a political meaning as well as a spiritual one, as Ahram Weekly discovers Yasser Al-Sharkawi misses the time when he would head ...

The Islamic Center of Japan has announced the 26th annual Quran recitation and memorization competition to be held in Tokyo.

Reciting, memorizing and devoting time to regularly studying the Qur’an and implementing it’s life lessons has tremendous benefits in both this life and the hereafter. Allah (SWT) says “Those who ...

Ibrahim Abu Milha, Head of the Organising Committee of the DIHQA, said the competition was also aimed at scouting for new talents in recitation to care for, encourage and to provide them with the ...

Learning to become a qari (or qari’ah for females), a skilled reciter of the Quran, the holy book for Muslims, is not easy. It takes years or even decades of practice and discipline to master proper ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. It is permissible for you, dear ...

INDEED, to reflect on Allah's verses is a form of worship that will draw one close to Him. The Quran is not a book like any other; it is a timeless guide for life, death and the Hereafter. Therefore, ...