{"id":59117,"date":"2025-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2025\/08\/11\/the-45th-edition-of-the-king-abdulaziz-international-quran-competition-kicks-off-with-179-contestants-from-128-countries\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T00:00:00","slug":"the-45th-edition-of-the-king-abdulaziz-international-quran-competition-kicks-off-with-179-contestants-from-128-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/2025\/08\/11\/the-45th-edition-of-the-king-abdulaziz-international-quran-competition-kicks-off-with-179-contestants-from-128-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"The 45th Edition of the King Abdulaziz International Quran Competition Kicks Off with 179 Contestants from 128 Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000\">The 45th Edition of the King Abdulaziz International Quran<br \/>\nCompetition Kicks Off with 179 Contestants from 128 Countries<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nactivities of the 45th edition of the King Abdulaziz International Competition<br \/>\nfor Memorizing, Reciting, and Interpreting the Quran continued, having started<br \/>\non Saturday, August 9, 2025, within the precincts of the Grand Mosque in<br \/>\nMakkah, under the organization and supervision of the Saudi Ministry of Islamic<br \/>\nAffairs, Dawah, and Guidance.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\ncompetition witnesses the participation of 179 contestants from 128 countries<br \/>\naround the world, competing in five categories covering the fields of<br \/>\nmemorization according to mutawatir readings, recitation, and interpretation,<br \/>\nat various levels ranging from memorizing the entire Quran, fifteen parts, and<br \/>\nfive parts.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\ncompetition will continue until August 20, with total prizes amounting to four<br \/>\nmillion Saudi Riyals, including 500,000 Riyals awarded to the first-place<br \/>\nwinner in the first category, reflecting the Kingdom\u2019s strong support for<br \/>\nQuranic programs and serving the Book of Allah.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nannual King Abdulaziz International Competition aims to gather an elite group<br \/>\nof Quran memorizers from around the world in the holiest place on earth, to<br \/>\npromote Quranic values of moderation and balance, spread goodness, and confront<br \/>\nintellectual deviations, thereby contributing to the consolidation of Islamic<br \/>\nand Quranic culture at both local and global levels.<\/span><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span>(Source: SPA)<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height: 150%; 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