Memorizers from 29 Countries Competing in South Africa Quran Contest Finals

IQNA – The final stage of an international Quran memorization competition began in South Africa’s capital on Thursday with the participation of representatives from 29 countries.

The King Salman bin Abdulaziz Competition for Memorizing the Holy Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah in Africa has been organized in Pretoria by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance through the religious attaché of the country’s embassy in South Africa.

This year’s competition features 44 participants from 29 African countries, including 29 in the Quran memorization section and 15 in the Prophetic Sunnah section.

The participants have made it to the finals after passing the preliminary stages, which involved more than 80,000 participants from 1,840 Quran memorization associations and schools.

The event’s categories are memorization of the entire Holy Quran, memorization of ten chapters, and memorization of five chapters, as well as a special category on the Prophetic Sunnah, with three prizes allocated for each category.

The final stage is judged by a panel of judges consisting of a select group of Quranic and Islamic scholars from Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

The contest aims to encourage young people to memorize, understand, and reflect on the Holy Quran, strengthen the spirit of honorable competition among memorizers, enhance the connection with the Book of God and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), establish a moderate approach, and spread Islamic teachings.

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