Royals attend khatam Quran event

 

Royal participation: The King and Tengku Hassanal (left) reciting the Quran during a khatam Quran event at Masjid Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Haj in Pekan. — Bernama

PEKAN: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah attended a “khatam Quran” event (the completion of reciting the whole Quran) in conjunction with the Nuzul Al-Quran celebration and tahlil recital for Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah at the Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Haj Mosque.

His Majesty, who was accompanied by Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, arrived at the mosque at 6pm yesterday.

The Regent of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah and other Pahang royalty also attended the event.

Also present at the function were Pahang Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail and Pahang Mufti Datuk Seri Dr Abdul Rahman Osman.

The ceremony began with the khatam Quran recitation led by Pahang Maahad Tahfiz chief executive officer Mohd Khalil Mohd Zari.

This was followed by tahlil recitation by Abdul Rahman before the Sultan Ahmad 1 State Mosque chief imam Datuk Badli Shah Alauddin delivered a brief talk on the Nuzul Al-Quran celebration.

Sultan Abdullah, who is also Pahang Sultan, presented rewards to the three mosques that have most often completed reading the whole Al-Quran, namely the Sultan Mahmud Mosque (Lipis), Assyakirin Mosque (Maran) and Tengku Mahkota Abdullah Mosque (Jerantut).

Their Majesties proceeded to break their fast and perform maghrib prayers with the congregants, Bernama reported.

In a Facebook post on Monday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob called on Muslims to read and understand the essence of the Quran so that they will be placed among the pious.

The holy month of Ramadan is one of the best times for Muslims to understand the contents of the holy book in living life as a servant of Allah SWT, he added.

Nuzul Al-Quran marks when the first verse of the Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad on 17 Ramadan, a Friday night, in the cave of Hira near Mecca on his 41st birthday. - Star