Under the lofty patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the Great Country, may God protect and preserve him, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, held this evening, Wednesday, the revival of the blessed night of destiny and the closing ceremony of the twenty -ninth session of the Bahrain Grand Prize for the Holy Quran, in the presence of His Excellency Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
On this occasion, His Excellency expressed many thanks, appreciation and gratitude to the presence of His Majesty the King, may God protect and preserve him, for his preference for the sponsorship of the ceremony and the award, based on the permanent care and interest of His Majesty in Islamic events and activities in the Kingdom of Bahrain, foremost among which are Quranic programs and competitions. Sheikh Abdul Rahman, pride and appreciation of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, affirmed the royal care and follow -up of Islamic events and programs and everything that is in the field of serving religion, values and constants, including serving the Holy Qur’an, supporting its education centers, caring for its readers and preserving it.
His Excellency congratulated all the winners who won the advanced positions in the twenty -ninth session of the Bahrain Grand Prize for the Holy Quran, blessing them and their families and to the Quranic centers and the parties to which they affiliated with the success of the honorable success, asking God for their continued success in their future. He also expressed his thanks to the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Social Development for their partnership and cooperation in the prize competitions, as the “Ghafran” competition aims to guests of the role of reform and rehabilitation, and the “Statement” school competition targets school students in various educational levels, while the “Warahan” competition for people with determination was allocated, expressing at the same time his thanks to the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs, Endowments and the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs On the sincere and great efforts in organizing, coordinating and following up the success of the award and taking it optimally, appreciating the contribution of the centers of teaching the Noble Qur’an, its supervisors, teachers and affiliates.
The ceremony started with recitation of verses from the wise dhikr, followed by the contestant, the reader, Hamid Meshaal, who won the second place in the entire memorization of the Holy Qur’an. Then, Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Dirar Al -Shaer, member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, delivered a speech by the way, in which he talked about the last ten days of the holy month, and he elaborated on talking about the virtue of the blessed night of destiny and its status, reviewing a number of generous Quranic verses and the noble hadiths in this regard, and his eminence said: It is separated and dispersed by the great judgments that prefer their merit and its goodness.
The poet praised the sincere efforts of the Kingdom of Bahrain led by His Majesty the King, appreciating his majesty to the ceremony and the award and for religious activities in general, and his keenness to preserve identity, preserve values, promote religious principles, stressing that this has strengthened from the role of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in serving our true religion, our Islamic values and authentic principles, on top of which is the service of the Holy Qur’an, supporting its teaching centers, and caring for its readers. And caring for its sciences, interpretation and everything related to it, and through what has been accomplished from study programs at the Institute of Readings and preparing the teachers of the Holy Qur’an of the Council.
His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Suleiman bin Sheikh Mansour Al -Sitri, member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, also delivered a speech in which he spoke about the virtue of the Night of Power and what I specialized in, and he said: “God specializes the Night of Power with virtues that do not exist in others, so he made it better than a thousand months, and in the meaning of that, Imam Al -Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The good deeds in it from prayer, zakat and good types of good are better than work in a thousand months, which is not a night. And forgiveness, for a Muslim must be careful to revive it by prayer and recite the Qur’an and with a lot of supplication, remembrance, forgiveness, charity and the womb link.
Al -Sitri added: “Surat Al -Qadr shows that the Night of Power is peace from God Almighty from the beginning of the night to the rise of dawn with the descent of the angels and the spirit in it, they write what is in the matter of the Sunnah and what affects the servants and what is estimated from livelihoods, deadlines, goodness and evil, which is the Almighty saying,“ So they separate every wise command ”. And he talked about the Noble Qur’an as “the greatest weight and the first source of legislation, which is the bright proof and the great argument that God worshiped us, and called us to adhere to it as a light that God guides whoever he wills from His servants, and brings them out of darkness to light, and guides them to a straight path.”
After that, His Excellency Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, preferred to honor the participating authorities in the Bahrain Grand Prize for the Holy Quran, namely: the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Social Development, and the honoring of the arbitration and organization committees.
Then the seven competitions were awarded with its various branches of 105 male contestants who won the first places. The “Family in the Shadows of the Qur’an” was also awarded, in addition to the individual prizes of three contestants who won the two awards for the largest contestant, the smallest contestant and the “David David” award. While the award of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa was won the Quranic Prize for the Best Local Quranic Competition, and the Sheikh Issa bin Ali Al Khalifa Center won the Best Quranic Center for Males.
The ceremony was attended by His Excellency Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa, Vice -President of the Supreme Judicial Council, President of the Court of Cassation, His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Minister of Communications and Communications, President of the King Hamad International Center for Coexistence and Tolerance, His Excellency Mr. Nawaf bin Muhammad Al -Ma’awida, Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, His Excellency Mr. Osama bin Saleh Al -Alawi, Minister of Social Development, His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Abdel Wahid Qaraqat, Second Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, For Islamic Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Youssef bin Saleh Al -Saleh, Chairman of the Jaafari Council of Endowments, His Excellency Mr. Ali bin Abdul Hussein Al -Asfour, Governor of the Northern Governorate, a number of those with virtue and happiness from judges, ambassadors, members of the Sunni and Ja`faria Endowments Council, and a number of officials and participants from the centers, Quranic episodes, readers and the public.
It is noteworthy that 4242 contestants of both sexes participated in this session, including 1598 males and 2644 females, distributed over the various competitions of the prize, namely: the preservation competition for students of centers and Quran The audience, and the “Salman Al -Farsi” competition for speakers other than the Arabic language, in addition to the recitation and good performance competition, in addition to individual awards, which are: the award for the largest contestant, the smallest contesting award, the “Dawood” prize, the award for the best participating Quran center, the “Family in the Shadows of the Quran”, and the award for the best local Quranic competition.
