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TEHRAN (IQNA) – Photos of the handwritten Mus’haf of Iraq is among the items on show at the pavilion of the Arab country’s cultural center in the 27th Tehran International Quran Exhibition.     Seyed Hussein Ali Muhammad al-Hassani, head of specialized library of Iraq’s National Quran Sciences Center who …

“The month of Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was revealed; a guide for the people, the most authoritative of all guidance and a criterion to discern right from wrong.” (Holy Quran, 2:185)

4 About Walayah (1) The principle of walayah, discussed in the Qur’an comprehensively, can be considered from many points of view. Sometimes each of them can be regarded as a principle in itself in understanding Islam. If one thinks attentively about the following verses, some of these points of view …

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A copy of the Holy Quran written in Borno Arabic Script was unveiled in a ceremony in Nigeria.     According to the Iranian Cultural Center in Nigeria, the event was attended by local officials, head of the Supreme Council of Nigeria Muslims, and ambassadors of a …

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Director of the 27th Tehran International Quran Exhibition’s international section said interaction with the world’s Quranic institutes has been a major feature of this year’s expo.     Mahmoud Vaezi told IQNA that in this year’s edition, instead of asking governments to take part in the exhibition, …

Prophet Musa (a) Israil’s family decided to stay in Egypt. For a long time they were happy. The family grew. There were many people related to Israil and they became known as the Bani Israil. For some reason the Egyptian people did not like the Bani Israil. A new Firawn …

The Iranian memorizer of the entire Quran will answer questions of the panel of judges once in the afternoon and once at night. He will be asked to read one page of the Quran from memory each time. A total of 100 contestants from 100 countries are vying for the …

On Sunday, the defendants, identified as Zuhair Ibrahim Jassem and Mohammad Mahdi, were sentenced to death by the Court of Cassation, after the court relied on statements extracted under torture, the Arabic-language Lualua television network reported. Amnesty International has called on its advocates to appeal to Bahraini monarch King Hamad …

It will be open to the public from Sunday afternoon and will run until Friday, May 24.  

According to the Committee for Inviting and Dispatching Qaris, affiliated to the Awqaf and Charity Affairs Organization, Mojtaba Mohammadbeigi (Qari) and Saeed Shahrokhi (memorizer) will compete for Iran in Turkey’s 7th international Quranic event. They will leave for Istanbul on May 20. Iran will also send Mohammad Hossein Behzadfar, a …