3-Year-old Algerian, Youngest Memorizer of Quran

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Abdul-Rahman Farih is the youngest person on the planet who has learned the entire Quran by heart.Abdul-Rahman, who is only three years old, has drawn praise from millions in the Arab and Muslim world for his ability to recite verses from the Quran out of memory, egypty.com website reports.He also has good mastery over Tarteel style of Quran recitation.He has learned the Quran without attending classes in Quran schools or mosques.The Algerian kid started memorizing the Quran at age 2 when he had just learned to talk, belatedly. It took him one year to memorize the entire Holy Book.In a report aired lately about the child prodigy, the MBC network said Abdul-Rahman has extraordinary talent to recite the Quran most beautifully in Tarteel style without making the slightest mistake regarding the rules of recitation.It said the first Surah (chapter) of the Quran he learned was Surah Kahf.According to the report, the child’s mother used to read Surah Kahf when she was pregnant with Abdul-Rahman as the Surah would give her peace. Abdul-Rahman Farih is admired in Algeria and elsewhere and the Qari of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Muhammad Rashad Al-Sharif has presented him with the Golden Abaya./129