In welcoming the Holy Month of Ramadan 1439 H, the Widyatama Foundation once again held the Qur’an Light Week on Saturday-Monday, May 19-21, 2018, at the Widyatama Auditorium (GSG) Building. This year’s event carries the theme “Widyatama Festival of Blessings.” In order to introduce and hone the academic abilities of the younger generation and Islamic religious practitioners among the Muslim community in Bandung and its surroundings, the Widyatama Foundation presents religious lectures and several competitions, including the Adhan, Tahfidz, and calligraphy competitions.
A total of 60 people participated in the competitions on May 19-20, including 23 people in the Adzan competition, 17 people in the calligraphy competition, and 20 people in the Tahfidz competition. The presence of judges from the Nurul Khairiyah and Gontor Islamic boarding schools enlivened the competition, which was attended by participants, mostly children aged 6-10 years old.
The Islamic boarding school figures who served as judges included Muhammad Fansuri from the Nurul Khairiyah Dabo Singkep Islamic Boarding School, Dzaky Solikhul Rokhman from the Al Jazary Foundation, and Dita Puteri Lestari from the Gontor Modern Islamic Boarding School. The judges selected three students as winners of the competition, including:
Tahfidz Competition
1st place Zalfa Muthi’i Fikriyyah
2nd place Zhiadathun Nissa Nazia
3rd place Annida Aulia Rahma
Adhan Competition
1st place Fakhri Mochamad Salman
2nd Place: Iyad Hafizhulluthfi
3rd Place: Mahatir. M Kasim
Calligraphy Competition
1st Place: Nada Indri Shalmawati
2nd Place: Gilang Randitya Nugraha
3rd Place: Tria Silviawati Nurfalah
The 5th event was hosted by Master of Ceremony Abu Marlo and closed on May 21 with a public lecture entitled “Sincerity from Birth to Death” with several well-known speakers, including:
- Ust Tatan A Santana (Dai, Trainer, International Modern Motivator)
- Adipura (Actor, Motivator)
- Zulfikar La Ntoresano (Trainer, Advisor, Abdi Triyasa Foundation)
- Aisah Dahlan (Neuro Printing Practitioner, Chair of the Indonesian Drug Rehabilitation Association & Host of “Islam Itu Indah” (Islam is Beautiful))
- Dodi (Head of the Research and Development Division of the Abditriyasa Foundation)
- Abu Marlo (Entertainer, Motivator, Entrepreneur, Social Activist)
- Fatimah Avalpo (Advisor to the West Java MUI)
