Doha, Qatar: The 60th School Holy Quran Contest with over 22,000 contestants will begin today (November 12, 2023), the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has announced.
The contest will run until November 23 where the winners will get valuable prizes. Over 22,000 students from 532 government and private schools of all grades and kindergartens registered for this annual holy Quran competition.
The tests of the competitions will be from 7.30 am to 11am. Four mosques have been designated for boy students with 46 committees for holding the tests. They are Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque in Doha, Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib Mosque in Al Wakrah, Othman bin Affan Mosque in Al Khor, Al Mana Mosque in Al Waab, in addition to Al Maha Academy.
The Ministry designated nine holy Quran learning centres with 53 committees for holding tests of the contest for girl students.
They are Hessa Bint Mohammed Al Muslim Center in Hazm Al Markhiya, Khawla Bint Al Azwar Center in Al Khor, Rawdat Bint Mohammed Center in Muaither, Abdul Rahman Dawish Fakhro Center in Al Wakrah, Alia Bint Khalfan Al Suwaidi Center in Rawdat Al Hamama, Kamila Bint Issa Al Kuwari Center in Al Kharaitiyat, Mohammed bin Hassan Al Sulaiti Centre in Al Maamoura, Hind Bint Umayyah Al Makhzoumia Center in Manasir, in addition to Al Arqam Academy.
The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs allocated financial rewards to all students who succeeded in the competition.
The 60th School Holy Quran Contest is being organised by the Department of Religious Call and Guidance at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
The competition aims to preserve the Book of God in the hearts of generations, and to pay attention to the Arabic language because it is the language of the Holy Quran, while sharpening the enthusiasm of students to compete in the most honourable field of knowledge, which is the Book of God Almighty.
The purpose of the contest is raising generations imbued with the morals of the noble Quran who follow the example of the prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, “whose character was the Quran,” and raising generations to love the Book of God and to have the Qur’an alive in their hearts, and then reflect on it and act upon its guidance and rulings.
