A
Moment of Joy and Celebration
Pakistan Link Report
Ehab
S. Sharif |
“Finally, the moment of
joy and celebration is here,” said a jubilant Mr. Abubakr
Vakil, prominent community activist and leading entrepreneur,
at a reception he jointly hosted with his wife at the Knotts
Berry Farm Resort Hotel on Saturday July 21st to celebrate
Hifzul Qur’an by his grandson, Ehab S. Sharif.
Ehab is twelve-and-a-half years old and has memorized the
Holy Qur’an in just two-and-a-half years! Dressed in
a sherwani and pajama he was a picture of elegance on the
eventful day, and deservedly so - memorizing the Holy Qur’an
at such an early age is no mean achievement. Seated on the
stage with becoming propriety, the Abubakr Vakil family youngsters
furnished proof of good upbringing and impeccable manners
at the soul-lifting ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Ahmad Sakr, well-known religious
scholar, stressed the importance of the memorization of the
Holy Qur’an. “Nowhere has anyone memorized any
book, except the Qur’an,” he remarked as he referred
to the practice of hifz or memorization among Muslims.
Abubakr
Vakil |
Hifz is the ultimate of miracles.
Ahab’s memorization is no less than a miracle, especially
as he is a non-Arab and so young, Dr Sakr commented. “Credit
(for Ehab’s memorization) goes first to Abubakr Vakil
and then to the family of the boy,” Dr Sakr observed.
He was all praise for the devotion
and assiduity of non-Arabs in memorizing the Qur’an.
“Non-Arabs memorize the Qur’an more than the Arabs,”
and have introduced the tradition of holding Bismillah, Ameen,
Qur’an Khawani and Ayatul Kareema functions in the Ummah.
Dr Sakr advised the gathering to read the Qur’an. “If
you want to talk to Allah and want Him to talk to you, read
the Qur’an,” he exhorted the prominent community
members present on the occasion. He also reminded the audience
of a hadith of the Prophet: The best among you is the one
who reads the Qur’an and then teaches it.
Pakistan Link extends its heartiest felicitations to M. Abubakr
Vakil and his family on Ehab’s success in memorizing
the Qur’an.
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The
young hafiz is all smiles as he stands with his grandfather,
mother and relatives |
Ehab’s
brother, sister and cousins
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