50000 Holy Quran Memorizers to Be Trained through Al-Hafizoun Plan

-- As many as 50000 personnel of ground forces of the IRGC will learn chapters of the Holy Quran by heart through Al-Hafizoun plan in the next few years.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of IRGC Quran Competitions for women, General Mohammed A. Asoudi announced the news and said, “Obviously, the majority of contestants awarded at the competition had taken part in Quranic courses before.”

Putting emphasis on organization of more Quran sessions in the future, he said that in recent years, personnel of IRGC have managed to win a lot of awards at the Armed Forces Quran Contest, which is annually held at the national level.

Deputy of IRGC in Culture and Publicity Affairs referred to Al-Hafizoun Plan, recently introduced by Supreme Leader's representative office at IRGC, and said the plan seeks to train up to 5000 Quran memorizers by the end of the year. “We are all determined to bring the plan into reality.”

In two years, the number is due to increase twice as much thanks to the plan, and it will reach 50000 within a couple of years, he stressed.

Also speaking at the ceremony was General Asoudi who disclosed the release of “Nour-os-Saghalein” Quranic Quarterly supervised by Shahriar Parhizkar, an Iranian high profile Quranic figure specializing in both recitation and memorization.

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