13-year-old wins Quran contest

A 13-years old boy, Abdul Rasaq Muhammad, has emerged winner of a Quran competition in Lagos. The competition was organised by the Muslim Kiddies Foundation.

Over hundred kids contested for the ‘Quran by Heart’. Muhammad defeated his colleagues with 96.88 per cent out of 100.

Describing how he felt, Muhammad said: “He was elated for the success saying it was Allah’s will and a result of hard work, through continuous practice.

“I feel elated and happy, my winning is not my making but Allah’s, I engage in a regular practice,” he said.


In a remark, the Coordinator of the Foundation, Abdul Rafiu Adenopo thanked Allah for the success of the competition. He however decried the lackadaisical attitudes of parents towards the Quran, calling on parents to wake up and become more responsible to the memorisation of the Quran.

“It is unfortunate that many of Muslim parents regard the Western Education far above the Islamic knowledge; we want to appeal to parents to support and encourage their children to learn and memorise the Quran by heart,” he said.

Adenopo noted that the essecnce of the competition was to correct the fact that most young Muslims have forgotten the Quran due to lack of memorisation.