Al-Kawthar Int’l Quran Contest: 4 Qaris Compete on 8th Night

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Four Qaris from different countries competed on the 8th night of an international Quran recitation contest organized by Al-Kawthar TV.

Ahmad Abiyavi from Iran, Ali Sajjad Qassemi from Afghanistan, Muhammad bin Sudayra from Algeria and Issam Ahmed Hussein from Egypt were the contestants on the 8^th night.

It is the 13th edition of the annual international Quranic event.

The phone-in Quran contest began on the first day of Ramadan.

Titled Inna lil-Muttaqina Mafaza (Indeed, for the righteous is attainment- Holy Quran, 78:31), it is the Muslim world’s biggest live Quran recitation competition aired by Al-Kawthar, an Arabic-language channel within the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s World Service.

The program is broadcast every night during the holy month at midnight, Tehran time.

This year, the panel of judges comprises Quran experts from Iran, Egypt, Syria, Afghanistan and Lebanon.

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