Nat’l Quran Contest Wraps up in Shiraz
The southern city of Shiraz, Fars province, hosted the five-day Quranic event, which is annually organized by the Awqaf and Charity Affairs Organization.
On the last two days of the contest, finalists in different categories competed for the top titles.
The competition in the memorization category lasted until the final hours of Monday night.
In conclusion, Jafar Fardi from Tehran, Hamed Valizadeh from West Azarbaijan and Hamid Reza Abbasi from Razavi Khorasan province came first to third in the Tahqiq recitation category.
In Tarteel recitation, winners of the three top titles were Javad Soleymani from Razavi Khorasan, Mahdi Forqi from Qom and Mohammad Javad Javari from Tehran, respectively.
In the category of Quranic concepts, Masoud Qaffari-Fini from Isfahan bagged the top prize. He was followed by Hossein Mahmoudi from Isfahan and Hossein Soleymani from Qom.
In memorization of the entire Quran, it was Behzad Hozhabri from Ardebil who won the first title. Mousa Motamedi from Isfahan and Mahmoud Noruzi from Tehran came second and third.
And finally, the three top winners in memorization of 20 Juzes (sections) of the Quran were Mojtaba Fard-Fani from Razavi Khorasan, Seyyed Hamed Mahdizadeh from Qom and Mohammad Ali Shariati from Isfahan.
The 36th national Quran competition of the Islamic Republic of Iran had started in Shiraz on February 21.
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