Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Majlis-e-Ilm-o-Adab, Jeddah, recently organized the Holy Qur'an Recitation Competition and Naatiah program. Fakhre Zaman was the judge of the event. Faisal Tufail, a famous Jeddah poet, presided over the event. In his address Tufail highlighted the role of the Holy Qur'an in shaping the destiny of mankind. He lauded Majlis-e-Ilm-o-Adab for its literary and social activities and hoped that its policy to help children in learning their social duty will make them future leaders. Zaman, a newcomer in Jeddah, praised the Qur'an recitation skills of the children and thanked Majlis-e-Ilm-o-Adab, Jeddah for giving him "honor to judge the recitation skills of the young Qaris, and expressed his happiness over the show of their good command over Tajweed. In the second session of the program famous Pakistani naat singer Muhammad Jamil recited many famous naats. The audience was spellbound by his melodious voice. Tufail and Mujahid Syed recited their naats and received applause from the audience. Some couplets from Tufail's naat: Muqame rashk hai goya yeh aasman ke liye Hai arze Taibah muyassar hamen aman ke liye Guzar raha hoon Madinah ki rahguzar se hunooz Uda raha hoon sitare main aasman ke liye Mera sukhan bhi hai Taibah ki raushni ka amin Meri sana hai Madinah ki kahkashan ke liye Some couplets from Mujahid Syed's naat: Denkhenge Madinah denkhenge Wo arsh ka zeenah dekhenge Ai naam e Muhammad sall e ala Rahmat ka khazinah dekhenge Jub bulbule Taibah chahkega Her dil men sakeenah dekhenge Syed Hashim, Syed Muzzam, Sobiya Nadeem, Mariyam Nadeem, Marziyah Tariq, Syed Mustafa, Majidah Tashfeen, Syed Mubashshir and Syed Muhammad participated in the event. The vote of thanks was proposed by Syed Faizan Ahmad. Syed Amir Naqvi was master of the event.
