International Quran Recital Competition

International Quran Recital Competition, Malaysia
StatusActive
GenreIslamic Quran recital event
Date(s)Annually
Begins1961
FrequencyAnnual
VenuePutra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Location(s)Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
CountryMalaysia
Inaugurated1961
Most recent2022
ParticipantsMuslim Quran reciters from around the world
Organised byMinistry of Federal Territories

The International Quran Recital Competition, Malaysia is the international Islamic Quran recital event that is held annually since 1961 in Malaysia.[1][2] It is the most popular international Quran competition all over the muslim world.[3] Sometimes it called internationally as Malaysia International Al-Quran Recitation and Memorisation Competition.[3]

History

Tunku Abdul Rahman (first Malaysian prime minister) was a founder of the International Quran Recital Competition.[4] The program was started on 9 March 1961 at Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur and 7 countries took part in this competition including Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Sarawak and Malaya. In 1985, the competition was moved to the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC).[5][6]

Winners

Year Qari' (Men) Qari'ah (Women)
1961 Federation of Malaya Ahmad Maasom Pergau competition not created
1962 Federation of Malaya Mohd Yusof Abdullah competition not created
1963 Thailand Manaf Sasaelos and Malaysia Ismail Hashim competition not created
1964 Malaysia Hasan Musa Malaysia Faridah Mat Saman
1965 Malaysia Ismail Hashim Malaysia Faridah Mat Saman
1966 Malaysia Abd. Majid Awang Malaysia Rogayah Sulong
1966[a] Malaysia Ismail Hashim Malaysia Siti Noor Ismail
1967 Malaysia Abdul Ghani Abdullah Malaysia Rodziah Abd. Rahman
1968 Malaysia Saidin Abd Rahman Malaysia Rahmah Abd. Rahman
1969 Malaysia Ismail Hashim Thailand Maimunah binti Moair Saad
1970 Malaysia Ismail Hashim Malaysia Rodziah Abd. Rahman
1971 Malaysia Ismail Hashim Malaysia Rodziah Abd. Rahman
1972 Malaysia Abdul Ghani Abdullah Malaysia Faridah Mat Saman
1973 Pahlavi Iran Mohamad Taghi Morowat Malaysia Rogayah Sulong
1974 Malaysia Ismail Hashim Malaysia Rogayah Sulong
1975 Malaysia Ismail Hashim Malaysia Nursiah Ismail
1976 Indonesia M. Ali Yusni Malaysia Faridah Mat Saman
1977 Brunei Mashud Awang Damit Malaysia Faridah Mat Saman
1978 Thailand Sofad Awang Malaysia Rogayah Sulong
1979 Iran Abbas Salimi Naeini Indonesia Sarini Abdullah
1980 Malaysia Abdul Ghani Abdullah Indonesia Maria Ulfah
1981 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Sheikh Al-Amin Mohamad Thoumi Malaysia Sapinah Mamat
1982 Malaysia Abdul Ghani Abdullah Malaysia Rahmas Abdullah
1983 Indonesia Mirwan Batubara Malaysia Aminah Omar
1984 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Mohamed Abu Snena Malaysia Rahmas Abdullah
1985 Malaysia Noor Din Idris Malaysia Rahmas Abdullah
1986 Kuwait Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi Indonesia Rahmawati A. Rani
1987 Iran Ali Sayyah Gorji Malaysia Sapinah Mamat
1988 Indonesia Syarifuddin M. Malaysia Pasiah Hashim
1989 Thailand Brahang Harang Malaysia Faridah Mat Saman
1990 Iran Abbas Emam Jameh Malaysia Faridah Mat Saman
1991 Malaysia Mohamad Haji Yusof Malaysia Faridah Mat Saman
1992 Iran Mansoor Ghazrizadeh Malaysia Rahmas Abdullah
1993 Iran Ahmad Abu Al-Ghasimi Thailand Fatimah Haji Madiah
1994 Malaysia Abdul Rahim Haji Ahmad Malaysia Umi Kalthom Mohd Zain
1995 Malaysia Abdul Rahim Haji Ahmad Malaysia Rahmas Abdullah
1996 Egypt Sheikh Mekkawi Mahmoud Mohamed Thailand Sainab Abdulromae
1997 Malaysia Mohamad Hussin Mohamad Yunus Indonesia Wildayati Nusril
1998 Iran Mohamad Gandom Najad Toosi Malaysia Sepiah Mohamad
1999 Malaysia Che Yahaya Daud Malaysia Maznah Awang
2000 Malaysia Radzi Kamarul Hailan Philippines Isniarah Bantayao
2001 Iran Masoud Sayyah Gorji Malaysia Pasiah Hashim
2002 Indonesia Bakri Waru Brunei Aminah Haji Abd Manaf
2003 Malaysia Ahmad Faizul Ghazali Indonesia Djihadiah Badar
2004 Malaysia Radzi Kamarul Hailan Indonesia Nurhidayah Sulaiman
2005 Indonesia Indra Gunawan Malaysia Faizah Mohd Husain
2006 Iran Hossein Saeid Rostami Tabrizy Thailand Sainab Abdulromae
2007 Malaysia Aziz Mustakim Malaysia Amnah Ayub
2008 Indonesia Mu'min Ainul Mubarak Thailand Fatimah Ha'rati
2009 Iraq Usamah Abdullah Malaysia Sharifah Khasif Fadzilah
2010 Egypt Sheikh Hani Abdel Aziz Ahmed Pakistan Samia Khanan
2011 Malaysia Amirahman Abas Malaysia Suraya Abu Hasan
2012 Malaysia Muhammad Anuar Ghazali Morocco Hasnaa Khoulali
2013 Indonesia Dasrizal Marah Nainin Morocco Hajar Boussaq
2014 Malaysia Ahmad Tarmizi Haji Ali Malaysia Hanimzah Haji Jalaludin
2015 Iran Mohsen Haji Hassani Kargar Indonesia Asrina Asril Buyong
2016 Malaysia Wan Ainuddin Hilmi Abdullah Malaysia Nor Azrah Ayub
2017 Iran Hamed Alizadeh Marghzari Malaysia Normalina Alias
2018 Malaysia Abdullah Fahmi bin Che Nor Malaysia Suhailah Zulkifly
2019 Malaysia Abdul Khair Jalil[7] Malaysia Nor Farhatul Fairuzah Panut[7]
2022 Bahrain Mohamed Sameer Mohamed Magahed[8] Malaysia Sofizah Mousin[8]

Notes

  • a Held on 1386 Hijri.
  • b Held on 1416 Hijri.

See also

References

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  2. ^ ZUBIR, BADRI NAJIB; زبير‬, ‮بدري‬ ‮نجيب (2000). "The International Qur'an Reciters' Assembly in Malaysia / ‮المسابقة الدولية لحفّاظ القرآن في ماليزيا‬". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 2 (1): 147–149. ISSN 1465-3591.
  3. ^ a b "International competition of Quran recitation took place in Malaysia". www.muslim.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  4. ^ "Malaysia announces 62nd International Al-Quran Reading and Memorisation Competition for October". One Online. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  5. ^ "International Quran Contest Slated In Malaysia". Islom.uz. 2020-02-06. Archived from the original on 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  6. ^ administrator (2022-02-15). "Tilawah Al-Quran (Malaysia) : The prominent international Quran recitation competition in Southeast Asia". Asean Records World. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
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  8. ^ a b "Qari Bahrain, qariah Malaysia juara Tilawah Al-Quran Antarabangsa". Astro Awani (in Malay). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.