President al-Sīsī attended the laylat al-qadr celebrations held at the national conference center in the neighborhood of Nasr City, which was also attended by several ministers. At the celebration ceremony, al-Sīsī congratulated the contestants who participated in the Qur’ān memorization competition and stated, “it is wonderful that we celebrate the memorization of God’s book but what is important is that we celebrate its true understanding… we have to not only learn it but also understand it in terms of what is suitable to apply in our current time.”