Memorizing the entire Quran

The Egypt International Holy Quran Competition is an international Quran recitation and telawat competition. This international competition is organized by the Egyptian government every year according to Hijri New Year. Since 1993, this event has been regularly organized in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, with the active participation of at least 66 countries. The event is organized by the Ministry of Religion of Egypt and coordinated by Al-Azhar University.

The purpose of this international Quran competition and award organized in Egypt is to serve Allah's Quran and raise the general level of Quranic performance through acts of service

[theexplorer]

Nubians and Sudanese have a very melodic way in reciting the Qur'an, it just touches my heart. May Allah (SWT) bless our ummah.

[Visforelvenshireling]

Now that is some serious memorization!

[aswinhoola]

That fact that blew me away was not the memorisation. But that the tune is improvised spontaneously in the moment.

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[Muslim_Student]

Depending on what is being recited and the meaning of the verse, the reciter might end up crying, reflecting the seriousness of the verses. Often, when certain verses are read, they touch the heart to the point where a reciter is unable to continue until they take a few seconds to gather themselves.

Mashallah

[TheDallaslp]

That is very very interesting. I always found the melodies very soothing and damn, the second one's is just beautiful

[yusufa]

Whenever the verse touches a deep scar it's effect can manifest into tears. This is not some holly spirit possession mumbojumbo, this is mindful understanding of the deep meanings of the words.

[nicholaseggleston]

May Allah reward them in the highest regards, Ameen

[tanisgeorgetti]

That little kid crying at the start of the video really got me he’s feeling that deep down in his soul!!! Beautiful dedication!

[blackcristal]

I am currently memorizing the Quran. I am almost done memorizing it actually!
It usually takes 2 and a half year of full time studying to finish.
Very blessed endeavor 💛

[SurprisinglyDeep]

While I'm not a Muslim I respect all the effort these young people put into not ony memorising that giant book and learning all the different pronunciation rules but also having to learn enough to make up melodies on the spot.

[etienneporras]

I always thought the melodies of the Qur'an were somehow how set or predetermined by tradition. I had no idea they were improvised by the reciter!

[abirhossain]

No other religious scriptures has such beautiful recitation like that of the Quran

[ThatGuyMagnum]

So interesting to hear the cultural and musical influence on the melodies they create as they recite!

[smartmoneyplays]

Allah bless those ones who carry his words and practice them

[nooralhuda]

As muslim, reading Quran is so fun to learn tajweed skills and memorising surat and challenging as well, as Arabic speaker understanding what i read from Quran is really makeing me cry and heart
Breaking

[eman-bt]

Even the melody have its rules, it cannot be improvised in the moment, they use different "maqamat" according to the beginning, the end of the verse and its meaning in order to convey the intended message

[alexf]

This is a great video! You're letting the people whose culture and book you're describing do the educating! Well done, thank you for teaching me something.

[PyrexPiccaso]

Little man at the start must’ve been reading a deep verse. ❤

[theprodigalson]

It’s so good because back then there would be a point to doing this, so u could dedicate every waking second to perfecting your memorisation of what u deemed the most important text that’s ever existed

[shamila]

Wonderful ❤, The most powerful book in the universe ✨