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29 March 2024

Teen girl dies soon after memorising Quran

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A 15-year-old Saudi girl died of an unknown disease a day before she was to be honoured by her school for memorising all of the Quran. Before her death, she told her parents her achievement is a crown on their heads.

The girl from the capital Riyadh was told by her school to be ready for the ceremony on Wednesday. On Tuesday, she was rushed to hospital with high fever and numbness in her body before she was declared dead.

“I went to her home to congratulate her and found her and all the family in a very happy mood… she was telling them about her achievement with tears in her eyes,” one relative told the Saudi Arabic language daily Sabq.

“She was later rushed to hospital with high fever… she told doctors that she had numbness in her legs and could not feel them…the numbness then started to move to other parts of her body before she died.”

Doctors said they could not save her life because they could not diagnose her sudden disease, adding that they were still trying to find its causes.

In a message to her friends before her death, the unidentified girl said :”I succeeded in memorising the holy Quran… I wept because of happiness for this achievement… I congratulate you my parents and promise to make this accomplishment a crown on your heads… Oh my Lord, install this achievement in my heart and make it my weapon in life.”