AhlulBayt News Agency

source : IBNA
Monday

17 December 2012

8:30:00 PM
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Best Quran scribers to be honored

Executive manager of Iran’s Holy Quran Publication Center said the closing ceremony of the first Naskh and Scribing Festival is slated for December 20, at Imam Khomeini Complex in Tehran.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - As Mehdi Babaei said, 18 best scribers of the holy Quran will be revered in the ceremony which is held on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Musa Kazem, the 7th Shi’a Imam.

He went on to say that the writers of the complete copies of the holy Quran, scribers of Nour Verse and scribers of fiver supplications will be praised in the closing event.

He asserted that as many as 100 works were submitted to the secretariat of the festival and were screened by the panel of judges based on a number of factors like artistic beauty and the level of artistry of the creators.

The festival is aimed at identification of talents in the field of manuscripts and scripture of the holy Quran and promotion of the art.

Regarding the wide reception of the festival among Quranic artists, the festival will be held every year or two years from now one, he went on to add.

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