Contestants from different parts of the world meet every year at the Dubai International Holy Quran Award event to compete in memorizing and reciting extracts from the Quran. The Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) was established in 1997 pursuant to supreme orders by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
The award aims to service the Quran and promote the general standard of Quranic performance, create a sense of competition in the memorisation of the Quran and encourage young Muslims to perfect recitation and to honour outstanding memorisers of the Quran at the local and international levels among others.
Winners
Memorisation competition
1418 Hijri – Tariq Abdullah Muftah Ehmaid
1419 Hijri – Khalid Mahmood Alsadiq Qurab
1420 Hijri – Ahmed Mohammed Alsayed Alkhatib
1421 Hijri – Abdulaziz Abdullah Adam
1422 Hijri – Fadel Alrama Guni
1423 Hijri – Mohammed Gibreen
1424 Hijri – Hafiz Mohammed
1425 Hijri – Mohammed Ali Fadhl
1426 Hijri – Hussain bin Mohammed Fadhel Adheem
1427 Hijri – Abdul Hamid Al Ghuwail
1428 Hijri – Mohammed Fuzlur Rabbi
1429 Hijri – Fares Al Aagam
Islamic Personality of the Year
1418 Hijri – Mohammed Mutwali Al Shaarawi
1419 Hijri – Abu Al Hassan Al Nadawi
1420 Hijri – H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
1421 Hijri – Dr. Yousuf Al Qaradawi
1422 Hijri – Dr. Alija Izetbegovic
1423 Hijri – Dr. Abdullah bin Abdul Mohsen Al Turki
1424 Hijri – Al Azhar University
1425 Hijri – Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al Bouti
1426 Hijri – Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Sudais
1427 Hijri – Dr. Zaghloul Al Naggar
1428 Hijri – Mohammed Ali Al Sabooni
1429 Hijri – King Fahd Holy Quran Printing Complex
Best Voice
1426 Hijri – Islam Fikri Mohammed Ibrahim Mahmoud
1427 Hijri – Fahim Mohammed Nour Al Deen
