Top Memorizer in Int’l Quran Contest Says Imitates Egyptian Qaris in Recitation

Danesh is a 17-year-old Quran memorizer from Afghanistan. He came first in the fifth edition of the international competition held earlier this week in Tehran, Iran.

He told IQNA that he started learning the Quran by heart at the age of six and managed to memorize the entire Holy Book in one year.

Danesh said his success in winning the top title in the international Quranic event was a blessing from God and a result of his endeavors.

He described the level of the contestants as high and noted that senior and experienced Quran experts served in the competition’s panel of judges.

The Afghan teenager also hailed the participation of 83 countries in a series of international Quran contests in Iran this week, including the one for school students, saying it showcased the role of the Holy Book in Islamic unity.

Asked about his Quran masters back in his hometown of Herat, Danesh said the head of the city’s Jameat-ol-Quran Center, Javad Ahmadian, played a major part in helping him learn the Quran and memorize it.

He also noted that in Tahghigh and Tarteel recitation of the Quran, he imitates the style of Egyptian masters like Sheikh Mustafa Ismail and Sheikh Muhammad Sediq Minshawi.

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