Al-Marsad Newspaper: Counselor Turki bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Sheikh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Entertainment, honored, in the closing episode of the Perfume of Words program that was shown today, the twenty winners of the million prizes, as the Saudi Muhammad Al-Sharif won first place in the Azan category with an amount of two million riyals, and the Iranian Younis Shahmradi In the recitation category, for 3 million riyals.
Certificates from the Guinness Book of Records
The competition, which concluded its competitions today, won 6 certificates from the Guinness Book of Records, as it recorded the largest Qur’an competition in terms of participating countries. The largest competitions attracting participants in the call to prayer, and two other records as the owner of the largest prizes in the Qur’an competitions, as well as the call to prayer competitions.
Categories of recitation and adhan
The episode witnessed the honoring of His Excellency Counselor Turki Al-Sheikh for the winners of the competition prizes in the categories of recitation and the call to prayer, where the Iranian contestant Yunus Shahmradi topped the winners in the recitation by winning first place and a prize of three million riyals, while the Saudi contestant Abdulaziz Al-Faqih won second place and a prize of two million riyals. Moroccan contestant Zakaria Al-Zirik won third place and a prize of one million riyals, and his compatriot Abdullah Al-Daghari won fourth place and a prize of 700,000 riyals.
Azan category
As for the call to prayer category, the first place was won by the Saudi contestant, Muhammad Al-Sharif, with a prize of two million riyals, while the second place was won by the Indonesian Diaa al-Din bin Nazar al-Din, who received an amount of one million riyals. 300 thousand riyals.
The episode devoted to crowning the winners of the Perfume of Kalam competition this year opened with a recitation of Quranic verses from the winner of the first edition of the competition, the Moroccan reciter Younes Gharbi, and a call to prayer from the Turkish Mohsen Kara, the first winner in the call to prayer category last year.