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Saudi Arabia’s Abdulrahman Muhammad and Algeria’s Jumana Shraitiyah Wins 46th King Abdulaziz International Competition

Mohammad bin Abdullah

August 20, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s Abdulrahman Muhammad and Algeria’s Jumana Shraitiyah won the top prizes at the King Abdulaziz Quran Competition in Makkah.

Wins 46th King Abdulaziz International Competition

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Abdulrahman bin Mukhtar bin Ahmed Muhammad of Saudi Arabia and Jumana Shraitiyah of Algeria each won the top prize of 500,000 Saudi Riyals
The 46th King Abdulaziz International Competition for Memorizing, Reciting and Interpreting the Holy Quran was held at Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca from 23 Safar to 6 Rabi’ al-Awwal 1448H (August 6 to August 19, 2026)
334 competitors from 133 countries took part, with total prizes reaching 10,260,000 Saudi Riyals, the highest in the competition’s history

Men’s Category – Branch 1: Full Memorization with the Seven Qira’at

🥇 Abdulrahman bin Mukhtar bin Ahmed Muhammad (Saudi Arabia) – 500,000 SAR
🥈 Abdul Kareem Rajab Agha (Syria) – 450,000 SAR
🥉 Qasiyov Rasul Talant Bikovich (Kyrgyzstan) – 400,000 SAR
4th Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Abdul Razzaq Al-Mutawa (Saudi Arabia) – 350,000 SAR
5th Omar Farouk (Cameroon) – 225,000 SAR

Men’s Category – Branch 2: Memorization with Interpretation

🥇 Omar bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Suwaih (Saudi Arabia) – 300,000 SAR
🥈 Fattal Zakria (Algeria) – 275,000 SAR
🥉 Badr Saed Hamid Yousef Mishal (Bahrain) – 250,000 SAR
4th Ahmed bin Hamid bin Rashid Al-Suhaili (Saudi Arabia) – 235,000 SAR
5th Muhammad Marafa Abdullah (Nigeria) – 220,000 SAR

Men’s Category – Branch 3: Full Memorization with Tajweed

🥇 Naji Atiyah Naji bin Sulaiman (Libya) – 200,000 SAR
🥈 Muhammad Al-Hadi Al-Gharbi (Tunisia) – 190,000 SAR
🥉 Sheikh Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Hassan (Bangladesh) – 180,000 SAR
4th Obaid Hussein (United Kingdom) – 170,000 SAR
5th Muhammad Hasbi Al-Siddiq (Indonesia) – 160,000 SAR

Men’s Category – Branch 4: 15 Consecutive Parts

🥇 Muhammad Zakaria (Bangladesh) – 150,000 SAR
🥈 Humam Mustafa Al-Obaid Zariqan (Libya) – 140,000 SAR
🥉 Meiribekov Musa (Kyrgyzstan) – 130,000 SAR
4th Abdul Hadi Abdul Halim Sheikh Diyah (Syria) – 120,000 SAR
5th Shine Hteik (Myanmar) – 110,000 SAR

Men’s Category – Branch 5: 5 Consecutive Parts

🥇 Thuria Naung (Myanmar) – 65,000 SAR
🥈 Shaker Sheikh Masoub (Thailand) – 60,000 SAR
🥉 Muhammad Imdad Ilyas Muhammad (Sri Lanka) – 55,000 SAR
4th Nasir Shani Khan (Madagascar) – 50,000 SAR
5th Bara Al-Zaeem (Brazil) – 45,000 SAR

Women’s Category – Branch 1: Full Memorization with the Seven Qira’at

🥇 Jumana Shraitiyah (Algeria) – 500,000 SAR
🥈 Raghad bint Hussein bin Ali Al Farhan (Saudi Arabia) – 450,000 SAR
🥉 Hibah bint Majid bin Rushdi Al-Safdi (Saudi Arabia) – 400,000 SAR
4th Eman Jamal Farouk Hassan (Egypt) – 350,000 SAR
5th Subaiha Bargouth (Syria) – 325,000 SAR

Women’s Category – Branch 2: Memorization with Interpretation

🥇 Maryam Tin Azmi Ibrahim (Nigeria) – 300,000 SAR
🥈 Ummah Al-Rahman Badih Mathar Kaleeb (Bahrain) – 275,000 SAR
🥉 Amani bint Shayi bin Awadh Al-Husaiki Al-Harithi (Saudi Arabia) – 250,000 SAR
4th Zainab bint Ibrahim bin Abdul Salam Idris (Saudi Arabia) – 235,000 SAR
5th Shamoukh bint Fayez bin Hamdan Al-Zunaiqi (Saudi Arabia) – 220,000 SAR

Women’s Category – Branch 3: Full Memorization with Tajweed

🥇 Safa Eman bin Yahya (Algeria) – 200,000 SAR
🥈 Zainab Abdul Rahman (Ghana) – 190,000 SAR
🥉 Musfira bint Mahmoud (Bangladesh) – 180,000 SAR
4th Fatima Shaya Zahir (Maldives) – 170,000 SAR
5th Fathiya Hassan Rashid (Kenya) – 160,000 SAR

Women’s Category – Branch 4: 15 Consecutive Parts

🥇 Thein Gyi Mon (Myanmar) – 150,000 SAR
🥈 Ruba Shaher Yousef Younis (Palestine) – 140,000 SAR
🥉 Rabitah bint Ramadan (Bangladesh) – 130,000 SAR
4th Maisam bint Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Sarhan Al-Habsiyah (Oman) – 120,000 SAR
5th Fahima Najaha Al-Sharifah (Indonesia) – 110,000 SAR

Women’s Category – Branch 5: 5 Consecutive Parts

🥇 Fanomezantsoa Farida Razanajaka (Madagascar) – 65,000 SAR
🥈 Maria Mamadah (Barbados) – 60,000 SAR
🥉 Kaltuma Kabaro (Central African Republic) – 55,000 SAR
4th Hiba bint Zoufar Hansah (Mauritius) – 50,000 SAR
5th Laila Batoritsh (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – 45,000 SAR

Mohammad bin Abdullah

A mass communication graduate from Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco. He currently resides in the UK, where he is pursuing a degree in Islamic studies. He works for The Islamic Information as a news writer.