1 Million Memorizers of Quran Trained in Isfahan in 4 Years

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The director general of the Awqaf and Charity Affairs Department of Iran’s central province of Isfahan said some 1 million memorizers of the Quran have been trained in the province over the past four years.

Hojat-ol-Islam Reza Sadeqi said they took courses held as part of the National Quran Memorization Plan.

He added that the Awqaf Department of the province has spent most of its annual budget on Quran memorization programs, Isna reported.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed in a speech in 2011 that the society should take a direction so that at least 10 million people learn the Holy Quran by heart.

Hence, related Quranic bodies in the country devised a plan, called National Quran Memorization Plan, aimed at promoting memorization of the Holy Book and training 10 million memorizers in a few years.

Different organizations and institutions including the Awqaf and Charity Affairs Organization, Center for Coordination, Development and Promotion of Quranic Activities, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Ministry of Education, and Quran TV have been making efforts to materialize the objectives of the plan.