RIYADH — Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Steerage Sheikh Abdulatif Al Al-Sheikh introduced that the entire prizes of the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Award for Holy Quran Memorization, Recitation and Interpretation have been raised to SR9 million.
Al Al-Sheikh, who oversees native and worldwide Quran competitions, stated the variety of first-place winners in every of the competitors’s six branches will improve from three to 5 ranging from the twenty eighth version.
The transfer displays continued help from the management for the competitors and take care of the Holy Quran and its memorizers.
The minister stated the choice goals to strengthen the competitors’s place as a number one nationwide initiative in service of the Quran and to encourage residents to memorize, recite and perceive the Holy E book.
He famous that the competitors has witnessed notable improvement in participation ranges, group and judging requirements over earlier editions.
Al Al-Sheikh stated growing the prize worth is meant to develop optimistic competitors and entice extra gifted members in memorization, recitation and interpretation from throughout the Kingdom.
He added that the ministry is working to additional develop the competitors’s organizational, media and technical elements consistent with Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030, enhancing its presence regionally and internationally and highlighting the Kingdom’s management in internet hosting main Quran competitions.
The minister expressed appreciation to King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his or her continued help of initiatives serving the Holy Quran.




