THE HOLY QURAN RECITATION COMPETITION 2023
Sunday, March 23nd | 10 AM - 1 PM
The annual Quranic Recitation Competition is a way to encourage our students to not only recite verses from the Quran by memory but be able to understand what they are reciting or reading. This is why along with tajweed (pronunciation), students will be judged on ability to translate.
The competition will be held in two different sessions divided as follows:
Lower Level: Grades 1-6:
MEMORIZATION OF SELECTED SURAHS WITH MEANING
Students should use Juz Amma for Arabic and meanings
List of Surahs for the competition:
Grade 1 : Surah n-Nas (Surah#114), Surah Al-Fatiha (Surah#1), and Surah Al-Falaq (Surah#113)
Grade 2 : Surah Al-Ikhlas (Surah#112), Surah Al-Lahab (Surah#111), and Surah An-Nasr (Surah#110)
Grade 4 : Surah Al-Quraish (Surah#106), Surah Al-Fil (Surah#105), and Surah Al-Humazah (Surah#104)
Grade 5: Surah Al-Asr (Surah#103), Surah At-Takathur (Surah#102), and Surah Al-Qariah (Surah#101)
Grade 6: Surah Al-Qadr (Surah#97), Surah Al-Zalzalah (Surah#99), and Surah Al-Adiyat (Surah#100)
Rules for the competition for Grades 1-6:
Each student must ONLY recite the Surah that has been picked by the competition comittee for that grade on the day of the competition. Therefore, students should prepare all 3 Surahs with meaning.
The judges will use the following criteria:.
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Recitation 10 points
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Tajweed/Rules of Tajweed 10 points
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Fluency/Reciting clearly 10 points
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Meaning 10 points
The results of the judges will be final and cannot be challenged.
Students will also be given participation points based on their competition scores (max 10) added to their academic results.
Upper Level: Grades 7-12:
MEMORIZATION OF SELECTED SURAHS WITH MEANING
Students: Please use Juz Amma and/or click the given link or PDF given below for the translation:
Click below to download the translations!
List of Surah/Ayah for the competition:
Grade 7 :
Surah Al-Balad (Surah#90), and
Surah As-Shams (Surah#91)
Grade 9 :
Surah Al-Ghashiya (Surah#88) Ayah 17-26 and
Surah Al-Fajr (Surah#89) Ayah 21-30
Grade 10:
Surah An-Naba (Surah#78): Ayah 17-40, and
Surah Al-Kahaf (Surah#18): Ayah 1-10
Grade 11:
Surah Ar-Rahman (Surah#55): Ayah 1-20, and
Surah Al-Baqarah (Surah#2): Ayah 1-10
Grade 12:
Surah Al-Baqarah (Surah#2): Ayah 152-156, and
Surah Al- Baqarah (Surah#2): Ayah 285-286
Rules for the competition for Grades 8-12:
The judges will use the following criteria:
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Pronunciation 10 points
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Tajweed/Rules of Tajweed 10 points
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Fluency/Reciting clearly 10 points
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Meaning 10 points
The results of the judges will be final and cannot be challenged.
Students will also be given participation points based on their competition scores (max 10) added to their academic results.