Draft:Sayyid Mehdi Seyf

Sayyid Mehdi Seyf
Name	Sayyid Mehdi Seyf
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Personal Details
Birth Place	Tehran
Brith Date	1959 CE
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Sayyid Mehdi Seyf was born in 1959 CE in Tehran. From the age of six, he learned to read the Quran by attending the Quranic sessions of his late father, Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Seyf. These sessions were held daily at Sayyid Azizullah Mosque in Tehran Bazaar, and every night at the current Imam Khomeini Mosque (may God be pleased with him), and during holidays, in the homes of session members or in Tehran's summer resorts with particular vibrancy. Through continuous presence in these sessions, he learned Quranic recitation well, first by listening to the recitation of other members and then through repeated practice and performing tilawat; later, in his youth, through study and discussion on topics of reading, tajwid, and the science of recitation, he became familiar with the theoretical aspects of this science.

After completing elementary, guidance, and high school periods, he studied seminary levels up to Shara'i al-Islam and Lum'atayn, Ma'alim, logic, Muzaffar, Sharh Ibn Aqil and some interpretation of books on the science of recitation in Tehran and Qom.

He began teaching the Quran initially by forming a special session for adolescents alongside his late father's session. Then, from around 1980 and 1981 CE (1359-1360 SH), he also accepted teaching at teacher training centers, universities, and in-service centers. To date, he has taught the teaching methods of reading, recitation, and tajwid in the aforementioned centers and during teacher training courses for instructors of the Ministry of Education, Islamic Propagation Organization, and Mahd Quran Institute to students, trainers, and teachers, and is currently engaged in teaching these courses at the Tehran Faculty of Quranic Sciences.

Sayyid Mehdi Seyf has had continuous activity as a judge in Quran recitation and memorization competitions since 1980 CE (1359 SH) and has cooperated and consulted in planning related to education and competitions.

Having a research background on the topic of Quranic orthography, he has cooperated with these centers since the establishment of the Office for Supervision on Printing and Publishing of the Holy Quran in 1985-1986 CE (1364-1365 SH) and then the Textbook Compilation Office and the Center for Printing and Publishing of the Holy Quran.

Career

• Expert, instructor, and author of Holy Quran educational books;
• Judging national and international Holy Quran competitions;
• Judging Holy Quran competitions for government and non-government institutions and organizations;
• Instructor at the Tehran Faculty of Quranic Sciences;
• Holding Holy Quran training courses (tajwid, voice and tune, etc.) from 2006 CE to present in multiple mosques, husayniyyas, and Quranic centers;
• Teaching Holy Quran in various schools and universities;
• Teaching teaching methods in teacher training courses of the Ministry of Education, Islamic Propagation Organization, and Mahd Quran Institute;
• Membership in various Quranic councils;
• Expert on Quranic orthography recitation in the Textbook Compilation Office and the Center for Printing and Publishing of the Holy Quran;
• Expert for Quranic programs on Quran Radio and Television;
• Participation in the meeting of Quranic activists of the Islamic world at the 33rd International Conference on Islamic Unity (2019 CE).

Honors

• Obtaining a degree certificate from the Quran Reciters and Instructors Evaluation Plan in the instructors section, specializing in tajwid and recitations;
• Among the distinguished individuals of the Holy Quran competitions of the Endowment and Charity Organization of Tehran Province in 1980 and 1981 CE;
• Receiving a certificate of appreciation and the Servant of the Quran badge at the International Holy Quran Exhibition in 2001 CE;

Works

1. Preparation of educational booklets (reading rules, fluent reading, etc.);
2. Collaboration in authoring Quran textbooks for elementary and guidance education levels and also the Reading Education book (Islamic Propagation Organization);
3. Teaching Quran Concepts: Understanding the meaning of Holy Quran verses in collaboration; Masoud Vakil, Mohammad Jafar Mohebbi, Sayyid Hadi Muhaddith, Hamidreza Mostafid, Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Mirbagheri; published by Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Coordination Center for Development and Promotion of Quranic Activities of the Country in three volumes and 324 pages;
4. Teaching Quran Concepts (1) and (2): Understanding the meaning of phrases and verses of the Holy Quran along with complementary activity in each lesson in collaboration: Masoud Vakil, Sayyid Hadi Muhaddith, Mohammad Jafar Mohebbi, Hamidreza Mostafid, Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Mirbagheri in 224 pages;
5. Teaching Quran Concepts (3) and (4): Understanding the meaning of phrases and verses of the Holy Quran along with complementary activity in each lesson in collaboration; Masoud Vakil, Sayyid Hadi Muhaddith, Mohammad Jafar Mohebbi, Hamidreza Mostafid, Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Mirbagheri in 256 pages;
6. Supplication of Arafah of Imam Husayn (peace be upon him) in collaboration with Ali Ashraf Muayyad published by International Printing and Publishing Company in 92 pages.