By Siti Fatimah Zainal
GOMBAK: A newly formed unit at the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (SHAS) Mosque, the Iqra and Quran unit, aims to increase the quality of Quran recitation among IIUM staffs.
The new addition to the three existing operating units at the SHAS Mosque is hoped to propel the university to reach its mission of creating a unique Quranic generation by imparting the Quran Al Karim with perfect recitation, makhraj, and huruf.
The unit is headed by Ustaz Mohammad Asfandyar Dilawar Khan acting as the third Deputy Director of SHAS Mosque and facilitated by Religious Officer, Ustaz Ramadhan Subky Abdullah and Assistant Religious Officer, Suhairiza Deris.
œIt is an Islamic University, students and staffs have Islamic relationship with the university so they have to recite the Quran al Karim and recite the talimat of al-quran and they should implement IT in their life, said Ustaz Mohammad Asfandyar.
The unit envisions that the knowledge that the staffs gained will spread to their children, thus emanating a unique flow to spread the correct knowledge about Quranic recitation to the younger generation.
The unit also seeks to give the opportunity for participants to tahsin their tilawatil Quran in order to increase their confidence in reciting the Quran and leading congregational prayers.