By Goth Mohamed Goth
The Ali Matan Mosque has officially concluded the 25th edition of the Holy Quran competition held in the holy month of Ramadan, which the Dahabshiil group of Companies regularly supports.
This competition is the longest-running in the Holy Quran competitions in all Somali-speaking regions. Students from different regions participated and the top three students scooped the top awards and all 38 students who participated were awarded valuable prizes.
Addressing the audience Sheik Abdi Aden said, “It is a victory for our country to hold a noble competition, I supplicate to Almighty Allah to make it an annual event.”
The cleric stated that the community should hold Quran recitation competitions so that people of high prolificacy spring out of their midst.
Sheikh Mohamed Omar Dirir supplicated to Almighty Allah to bless all the reciters for the noblest undertaking recitation of the book of Almighty Allah the holy Quran. He urged parents, leaders, and religious people to encourage this noble endeavor to promote the recitation of the holy Quran.
Amongst the audience who graced the occasion of the closing ceremony were the members of the Holy Quran competition organizing committee, cabinet ministers, the clergy, MPs, politicians, Dahabshiil officials, eminent personalities, and members of the general public.
The winners of the 2024 Quran competition were:-
- First Place – ?????????? ??????? ????
- Second Place- ????????? ?b???????? ?????
- Third Place – ?????? ????? ????????
