A group of total 8 blind students from Malaysia are trying to learn the complete Holy Quran along with the help of Braille, a tactile writing system utilized by the individuals who are blind or visually impaired.

These students who are born blind are part of a 1,000 strong group at Darul Quran school learning and memorizing the holy book.

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They decided to not to permit their incompetence come their way in becoming Haafiz e Quran.

“They must try to learn 1 or 2 pages every day. Normally you have to read a page 30 to 40 times to help you memorize,” said their teacher Ahmad Qusairi Mat Zizi, who is blind as well.

During the holy month of Ramzan, these 8 aspirants fast and give their days to learning the holy text. They move their fingers crosswise the Braille and show totally no sign of fatigue at all.

These aspirants utilize local copies of Quran written in Braille, which come in 6 massive volumes.

One of the students Nur Basyirah Azhar said:

First of all, my inspiration to come here is for my family as well as for myself and also for the reason that I like to memorize the Quran and that is one of my goals.

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As per Mr. Ahmad, these students can go for the additional Islamic studies at university level when they complete their present course.

He furthermore added that there are other Malaysian institutes which are offering the similar services and assisting the blind children in learning Quran.

Recently, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said 125,000 Malaysians will have memorized the Quran by 2025.

 

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