Ebrahim Gabriels – Calligraphy Awards Deen Arts

Here we go.

Assalamu alaikum, and welcome back to the calligraphy awards right

here in Cape Town. With me, I have the honor of speaking to Sheik

Gabriels, who's joined us this evening, as well as salaam

alaikum. Sheik walaikum, salaam Lukman, it's wonderful to be with

you again, man, lovely to see you. You're looking well, such a

beautiful event we are experiencing here this evening.

Can you kindly tell us what what this means to Cape Town, Allah.

Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but

with such a function, it increased the beauty and the barakah and the

rule of Cape Town. And I was just saying to a few people, now, any

function to do with the Quran is unique. I mean, there are a lot of

beautiful functions, but to

do with the Quran, the book of Allah. And it's amazing that we

have people from China, from Turkey, even our local students,

that are professional artists in the calligraphy of the Quran. And

I mean, there are a lot of artists in the world, but the best artists

are people that are to do with the Quran. Subhanallah Allah has

honored him, subhanAllah Sheik. This is such a momentous occasion,

especially for Cape Town as well, and also for budding artists. And

I think, you know, during covid, certain skills were exacerbated

and highlighted, and one of the artists, well, what message do you

have for the budding artists of Cape Town? So, you know, because

of this function and because what I've seen here, I want to motivate

our young people, young boys and young girls, to go into this field

of having the honor to write, you know, ayah of the Quran and

inshallah one day, even you can maybe Allah grant You an opening,

you know, write the whole

Quran SubhanAllah. And this is a motivation for all South Africans

and for people beyond South Africa to make time for the Quran and to

be connected to the Quran. We two weeks away from Ramadan now as

well. And all of this, you know, the feeling of Ramadan exacerbates

when we see events like this as well. Any message to the ummah?

Yeah. So this is a built up for Ramadan, the month of the Quran.

Ramadan. So make time for the Quran. This is the greatest Ummah

ever, like it's confirmed in the Quran, but this ummah has taken a

dip because we have neglected the Quran. So alhamdulillah, ground is

another opportunity. So connect yourself the Quran, and I will

motivate everybody to make time to read the Quran. We just had a lady

in Portland's Mitchell, where I am.

She was a priest. She embraced Islam. She died on course in

covid. Her husband told me, three weeks ago, Sheik, my wife, in the

five years that she was Muslim, she read the translation Quran 14

times. That must be a motivation for all of us to read and read the

Quran and understand the Quran and then implement inshallah. Check to

zakala. So much for your time. Have a wonderful evening, and we

look forward to chatting to you again inshallah. And

that's one of our interviews right here in Cape Town with Sheik

Gabriels, uh, we're going to bring you some other interviews a bit

later as well. So don't get any Richard, anywhere. Tune in to

channel 347, Hilal TV. You.