Dubai Quran Award to Launch E-Library

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The UAE public, particularly researchers, will soon have access to valuable books and references when the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) launches the first of its kind electronic library.

The 20-year-old DIHQA, since its inception in 1997, has issued 88 books, researches, studies and encyclopedia, which come into 140 tomes, to boost and promote the culture of reading in society, KTimes reported.

The 14-category award, worth over Dh12 million, has issued these books in series, according to Ibrahim Mohammed bu Melha, Head of the Award Organising Committee.

"These came in series, such as those on the Quranic studies, Prophetic Sunnah, Prophetic biography, Fiqh or jurisprudence studies, Islamic culture, as well as the biography series of celebrities."

The DIHQA has further issued several heritage books, which are all revised, proofread and authenticated, he added. "These are apart from other studies and researches."