AhlulBayt News Agency: Ahmad Abolqassemi, a renowned Iranian qari, took part in a Quran recitation program in Nairobi, Kenya.
The program was held at the Iranian Cultural Center in the Kenyan capital on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
A number of Kenyan clerics and Muslims as well as staff of the Iranian embassy and their families attended the event.
Qorban Ali Pourmarjan, Iran’s Cultural Attaché, addressed the program, saying that the Quran is always significant for Muslims, but during the blessed month of Ramadan, which is the month of divine hospitality, it takes on central importance.
“Reading the Quran, listening to it, and acting upon its teachings should be our top priority (in this month),” he said.
The Quran should not be neglected in Muslim families and the Islamic community, as it is a divine book and one of the two trusts (the Quran and Etrat) that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) left for Muslims after him as a legacy, he stated.
Pourmarjan went on to say that Muslims must strive to benefit from the teachings of both the divine book and Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) as both are effective together and complement and interpret each other.
Narrating a Hadith from Imam Ali (AS) who said the Quran is the spring of hearts and Ramadan is the spring of the Quran, the cultural envoy hoped that everyone could sufficiently benefit from the light of the Holy Book in this month.
Elsewhere at the program, Abolqassemi recited verses from the Holy Quran.
The Iranian qari is scheduled to recite the Quran in a number of other programs at mosques in Nairobi and Mombasa as well as several radio and television channels during his stay in the East African country.
He will also serve as a judge in a Quran competition that will be organized by the Supreme Council of Muslims in Mombasa.
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