XXXAccordingly5) Lectures and Seminars ProgramThe activities of the Award start every year by lectures delivered in the period from 1-8 Ramadan. For that the Award invites prominent scholars and renowned preachers to give these lectures that handle diversified subjects.
Usually the Organizing Committee arranges for conferences, seminars and lectures to be held in the official halls, centers and mosques of Dubai through the year. Also gives the chance to other centers and institutions in other emirates to utilize the presence of such prominent scholars and preachers to give some lectures at such institution or centers with coordination of the Award. These conferences, seminars and lectures are recorded to be gifted to other satellite channels that transmit them through all the year. 6) UAE National Memorizer ProgramObjectives of the Program:This program aims to encourage the UAE nationals to memorize the holy Quran. Since the lunching of this branch in the year 2003, the Award always advertises about this contest and collects the application from both sexes then announces the date of the contest which ends by choosing the top ten from both sexes. The top ten winners will be awarded as follows: -The First AED 30000 -The Second AED 29000-The Third AED 28000-The Fourth AED 27000-The Fifth AED 26000-The Sixth AED 25000-The SeventhAED 24000-The Eighth AED 23000-The Ninth AED 22000 -The Tenth AED 21000. The rest of contestants will be given AED 5000 each and a Certificate of Participation. A formal ceremony is held which attended by media people. The distinguished best UEA participants will be nominated to represent UAE in global contests. Many of the participants, males and females, who memorized the Holy Quran, have achieved advanced positions in global Quranic contests. 7) The Most beautiful Recitation Contest The idea of lunching the Most Beautiful Contest is originated after the Organizing Committee of the Award added a contest associated with the International Holy Quran Contest at its ninth session which called "the most beautiful voices contest". A Specialized judge was assigned to this contest who is well acquainted with the knowledge of sounds, tones, and intonations that used by the most well-known Quran reciters. A special award has been allocated for the best voice chosen from amongst all the contestants in the International Contest. This contest has achieved a great success and was applauded by the public and was an incentive for the contestants, as all of them did their best to improve their voices in order to have the chance to participate in this competition. Thus, due to the success of this contest it was suggested by Chancellor Ibrahim Mohamed Boumelha, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, to establish a special contest to be called "The Most Beautiful Voice Contest". The suggestion was proposed to the members of the Organizing Committee and approved, as the Statute of the Award states that it is permissible for the Award to develop new branches later, because the goal is to serve the Book of Allah, show the love of the Muslims of this Book and compete on its memorization and recitation. This fact was not available in other religions, where Allah says: "and recite the Quran in slow, measured rhythmic tones."A nice voice is gifted by Allah to many people. Allah says in the Holy Quran: "He adds to Creation as He pleases", some interpretation scholars said about this verse: the beauty of Allahs creation of man is that, by His ability creatures became completed and beautiful, and He may increase in the creation so that praised. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, may Allah be pleased with him, as he likes his nice voice: ((you have been given a woodwind instrument of Al Dawood)). Objectives of the Contest: -To discover, sponsor and qualify Quran talents and voices and to encourage the persons who enjoy such qualities to enhance their position in the society. -To present an original model for TV Quran competitions and invite the viewers to Quran feast to nurture the proper inborn nature by hearing the beautiful Quran voices. -To present distinguished models for the future readers of the Holy Quran. To give the beautiful voices a chance to compete in the field of the Holy Quran. - To give the beautiful voices a chance to compete in the field of the Holy Quran. Branches of the Most Beautiful Recitation Contest. The contestants are divided into five categories as follows: 1.The Buds category (below 15 years)2.The Youngsters category (from 15 to 25 years)3.The Youth category (above 26 years)4.Mosques Imams category. 5.Most beautiful Azan category. 8) The Quranic Science Studies ProgramThe Dubai International Holy Quran Award endeavors to make its program of serving the Quranic Studies a leading and outstanding one at the level of the Islamic world. Some objectives and activities of this program are:- To hold or sponsor exhibitions related to the Holy Quran and its studies and to organize or participate in introductory programs about the Holy Quran. - To collaborate with centers that caters for the Quranic studies. - To hold forums, seminars and conferences related to the Holy Quran and to organize or sponsor contests that spread the Quranic culture. - To encourage the outstanding works in the field of the Holy Quran, Sunnah and biography of Prophet Muhammad PBUH studies, and to work on printing and publishing materials related to the Holy Quran studies. The Organizing Committee has issued more than 50 books about Quranic studies and miracles, Sunnah and the noble biography of our Prophet Muhammad, PBUH. 9) Recitations (Qiraat) ProgramThe Qiraat Program (ways of reading and reciting the Quran) aims to produce a group of UAE nationals and license them on the basis of the chain of authority (Sanad) back to the Prophet, Peace be upon him. Such license authorizes them to recite the Quran in the Seven Readings and the Ten Grand and Minor Readings recurrent from the Prophet PBUH. The idea of this program emerged in the year 2006, where a committee of Qiraat scholars was formed in the UAE to communicate with several Qiraat scholars from outside the UAE in order to set a regulation and procedure that fits the status in UAE and keep pace with the teaching system of this science in other Muslim countries. Thus, these long meetings came out with an integrated program consists of four stages:First stage: the student is licensed in Hafs or Asim reading narrated by Al-Shatebeya or by way of Taybat Al-Nashir as chosen by the student. Second stage: the student is licensed in the Seven Readings. Third stage: the student is licensed in the three complementary Readings of the Minor Ten Readings. Fourth stage: the student is licensed in the Grand Ten Readings. The Programs terms stipulate for students enrolled in the program to be of expert memorizers and to learn by heart the number of texts (Mutoon) prescribed in the curriculum and must pass the introductory tests and the final tests of each stage. The program has introduced a new teaching system; (flexible sessions) where a student and his Shaikh may determine the place and time of the lesson provided that they meet the requirements of the curriculum and the number of studying hours. Sessions are allocated for males and others for females. the Program also accompanied with a number of assisting educational programs, presented from time to time in the form of courses, seminars, workshops and open meetings, in addition to the memorization of certain texts (Mutoon) with its explanations in some sciences such as vowelization, ways of drawing letters, number of Quran Aayat (verses) and Quranic sciences. Fifteen years of excellence, achievement and hard work in the service of the Book of Allah and Its Sciences. A journey of dedication and devotion to Allah the Almighty... And a beacon of light to the world that outstrips to the wide horizons of science and honor scholars... and the memorizers of the Glorious Book of Allah... And this Award will remain, by Allah willing, the destination for the entire world that passes it through vast spaces filled with verses of the Quran memorization, Tajweed and approach.Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2011.
