Hubballi professor gets a surprise from ‘Gulzar Sahab’
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April 16, 2021 22:52 IST
The award-winning poet calls up Mustaque Ahmed S. Mulla after he reads the latter’s letter
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Prized possession: Mustaque Ahmed S. Mulla displays the books sent by lyricist Gulzar.
The award-winning poet calls up Mustaque Ahmed S. Mulla after he reads the latter’s letter
Never in his dream had Mustaque Ahmed S. Mulla thought that a letter he wrote to award-winning poet and lyricist Gulzar would lead to a moment he would cherish for life.
It was in the second week of March that Prof. Mulla, principal of Tippu Shaheed Institute of Technology at Old Hubballi, happened to watch a reading of Mirza Galib’s poem by Mr. Gulzar in the ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta’ programme.
Allah says in the holy Qu’ran in Surah Hijr verse 9: “Indeed we have revealed the dhikr of the Qur’an and We shall protect it.”
This verse was narrated by the Al Imdaad Foundation’s Qari Ziyaad Patel who is in Kenya on a humanitarian mission in that country.
Qari Patel was visiting a madrassah in the city of Lamu near Kenya sharing his experiences about how the holy Qur’an is being preserved in the most remote of areas in Africa.
A video posted on Facebook by Qari Patel shows young Muslim learners preserving the legacy of the Qur’an through writing, reading and learning the Qur’an from pieces of plank or wood.