Philanthropists around the world are readily
devoting their time for humanitarian cause. They are promoting the welfare of
the society through different modes: for instance, some would donate money,
while other involved in activities which would benefit the humans. Sometimes
these philanthropists come with unique ideas to support people’s welfare that
is amazing. These ideas are revolutionary for enhancing and nourishing quality
of human life. Jotted down is a remarkable effort of a Saudi philanthropist.
An anonymous philanthropist visited many of the
prisons in the Kingdom and some of Gulf countries and motivated the prisoners
to get involved in a contest. The contest was named as “By my hand, I wrote the
Qur’an”. The participants were to be given three years to write the holy book,
Quran, by hand. In order to evoke their interest, they had been promised a
reward for it. The unidentified competition holder reveals that by means of
this contest he wanted to make the prisoners memorize the Holy Quran
completely.
However, the inmate of Dhahban prison, Jeddah could
write all the Quran in just four months. He was, in fact, able to write it all
in just three months. It took him a month to punctuate all the verses and
allocating numbers to them. His handwritten Quran is completely enumerated and
punctuated.
It is now sent to the concerned authorities for
final checking. This very winner also claims to have could learn Quran by heart
through this competition. He had learned the first 20 chapters already and
could learn the remaining 10 while writing them down. The winner says that the
task seemed to be difficult at first, and he hesitated to become a part of it.
But once he got involved in it, the task became easier. With every passing day,
it became easier for him to jot down every single verse. This is indeed a great
effort by the unknown humanity lover.
When a crime has taken place, punishment is
important. It is a penalty for that certain crime. But to ensure that the
person does not get involved in further crimes, it is important to nourish
their minds with positive thoughts. It is important to teach them to be good
human beings, to benefit the society rather than causing the harm. It is important to look after the criminals
in prison so that when they come out they become good human beings rather than
being more dangerous criminals.
The time spent in prison shall be availed for their
reconciliation rather than providing them with the opportunity to plan bigger
crimes. And giving them this opportunity to go through every verse, to
strengthen their faith is the best idea. The person closer to God is a person
farther away from crimes. A person having strong faith is a person beneficial
for a society. Islam is a religion of peace; Quran will surely help them to be
peace lovers.
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