Togetherness during Quran Recital

Fri, June 23, 2017 / 11:26 am

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An ustadz carries a bamboo plate of rice and side dishes – comprising urap (vegetables with shredded coconut, fried tempeh and tofu, boiled egg and crackers) – to break the fast. JP/Maksum Nur Fauzan
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A female santri (student) carries an oil lamp to join in the tadarus (mass Quran recital) at Mojosongo, Surakarta, Central Java, on June 11. JP/Maksum Nur Fauzan
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Students at the Baitul Mustofa Islamic boarding school are accompanied by an ustadzah (female Muslim teacher) to recite the Quran outdoors with oil lamps as their lighting at Mojosongo, Surakarta, Central Java, on June 11. The event is an annual activity to commemorate Nuzulul Quran (the night when the Quran was sent down to Prophet Muhammad). JP/Maksum Nur Fauzan
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A student recites the Quran outdoors with an oil lamp at Mojosongo, Surakarta, Central Java, on June 11. JP/Maksum Nur Fauzan
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Two female students of Baitul Mustofa Islamic boarding school talk before the recital begins. JP/Maksum Nur Fauzan
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Students of Baitul Mustofa Islamic boarding school recite the Quran outdoors by lamp light. JP/Maksum Nur Fauzan

Dozens of male and female santri (Islamic school students) throng the terrace of the Baitul Mustofa Islamic boarding school mosque while waiting for maghrib (dusk) call to prayers, which also signals the end of the fast.

The pesantren (Islamic boarding school) teachers prepare decent meals for their students, who immediately enjoy the meal the minute they hear the call.

After that, the students perform tarawih (extra prayers that Muslims perform at night during the month of Ramadhan).

Later on, the santri walk to the nearest field carrying the Quran, oil lamps and small tables. They sit in the field and recite the Quran together in a ceremony called tadarus. Muslims celebrate Nuzulul Quran every year to celebrate the night when the Quran was sent down to Prophet Muhammad for the first time, precisely at Lailatul Qadr (glory night). [yan]