TANAH JAMBU, Friday, 24 May 2019 – The Nuzul Al-Quran for 1440 Hijrah was celebrated at a national level on 22 May 2019. The Defence Academy was no exception: this morning, the Defence Academy of Royal Brunei Armed Forces celebrated the Nuzul Al-Quran at the Asy-Syuhada Surau. The event was attended by the Chief Instructor of Defence Academy, Lieutenant Colonel Pengiran Muhammad Shamsul Redza bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Tengah as the Guest of Honour. Also present to liven the celebration were senior officers, officers, personnel of Defence Academy and the officer cadets of Intake 18.The religious ceremony commenced with the mass recitation of verse 30 until verse 37 of Ayat Al-I’mran led by 16791 Sergeant Hj Md Yusri bin Hj Yusoff. The occasion was further glorified by a religious talk held by Ustaz Mubin bin Ahad from Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan (KUPUSB). In relevance to this year’s Nuzul Al-Quran Celebration theme which carries the title ‘Memperkasa Pembelajaran Al-Quran’ or ‘Empower Al-Quran Learning’, the talk emphasized the importance of reading and understanding the Al-Quran. Thus, the main objective of this event is to deliver the talk and increase our passion to read the Holy Al-Quran.
Historically, the compilation of Al-Quran took 23 years to complete. A lot of Islamic stories, advices, information can be found from the Al-Quran. Al-Quran is very special as it contains various subjects such as medicine, science, finance and, so on. For instance, how human was created. It began from a tiny drop of sperm which eventually became blood. Then, from this, human is created. Interestingly, based on the stories from the Al-Qur’an, Prophet Daud ‘Alaihissalam was an armour expert, Prophet Yussof ‘Alaihissalam was an expert in finance and, Queen Balqis was an architect-woman. To add on, through reading the Al-Quran, it could protect us from being harmed.
The event concluded with reminding us all that reading Al-Quran possesses a lot of benefits. It is very rich in information, provides a lot of advices and contains various useful educational elements. It is hoped that from today onwards everyone would become more interested in reading the Al-Quran and love it deeply. The event ended with a souvenir presentation by the Guest of Honour to Ustaz Mubin as a sign of gratitude for his precious time.
