MEC SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNUAL INTER-SCHOOL QIRAT COMPETITION – VIRTUAL
Inshallah we will be conducting our annual inter-school Qirat Competition this coming Saturday (April 3rd, 2021) via Zoom. Please see below for a list of participants from our school, the zoom links, and judging criteria. If you have any questions, please contact our Tajweed Department Head Aziz B. Ali (aziz.ali@mecsundayschool.org).
Please make sure the participating students have dressed appropriately, are on time, prepared, are in a quiet area, and paying attention to when their names will be called.
Grades 1-4
8:30am CST
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwldOyqpzIvE90dGXe4vegvPaf4uXnNVczP
Grades 5-7
8:30am CST
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkfuioqzIoEtUwoWfC5bYaNXHigPh4Eoum
Grades 8-10
10:30am CST
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkcu-rpj4pE9Kd-zoghnvwx2pNordixCrR
Huffaz
10:30am CST
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpduisqzgjH9FDhQ4SoWB5-jpjeCSPEsNf
Awards Ceremony
1:30pm CSThttps://zoom.us/j/95458422329
Rules for 1st to 7th grades:
· recite from any Surah or any portion of the Quran
· recitation must be limited to 3 minutes
· recite from memory or from a copy of the Quran
· no extra points for longer Surahs or more difficult rukus
· no extra points for memorization
· Judging Criterion for 1st to 4th grades: Lahn/Fluency
· Judging Criteria for 5th to 7th grades: Makharij and Lahn/Fluency
Rules for 8th to 10th grades:
All 8th, 9th and 10th graders must practice all three rukus given below because you do not know which ruku will be assigned to your grade. On the day of the competition, one of these three rukus will be assigned to the 8th graders, one to the 9th graders and one to the 10th graders:
a. Surah Al-Fath (Surah #48) Ayaat 27-29 (Ruku 4)
b. Surah Hud (Surah #11) Ayaat 36-44 (Ruku 4)
c. Surah Luqman (Surah #31) Ayaat 12-19 (Ruku 2)
Judging Criteria for 8th to 10th grades: Makharij & Sifaat, Laam-ul-Jalaalah, Rules of Ra, Noon Sakin & Tanween, Meem Sakin, Madd, Waqf & Ibtida, Lahn/Fluency
Rules for Huffaaz or Hifz students:
· purpose of this separate competition is to ensure that Huffaaz or Hifz students will not compete against non-Hafiz students in the same competition
· will be judged on their Tajweed and Qirat, NOT on their memorization
· judges will select one ruku from anywhere in the Quran for the Huffaaz or Hifz students to recite during the competition
· recite from memory or from a copy of the Quran
· no extra points for memorization
· Judging Criteria for Huffaaz/Hifz Students: Makharij & Sifaat, Laam-ul-Jalaalah, Rules of Ra, Noon Sakin & Tanween, Meem Sakin, Madd, Waqf & Ibtida, Lahn/Fluency.
Participant List
| First Name | Last Name | Grade |
| Khubaib | Ahmad | 1 |
| Mayeda | Munshi | 1 |
| Taha | Mohammed | 2 |
| Rumaisa | Mumtaz | 2 |
| Nawal | Chowdhury | 3 |
| Javeria | Khan | 3 |
| Zoha | Raheem | 4 |
| Hamza | Mohammad | 4 |
| Zacaria | Gallo | 4 |
| Bilal | Abdullah | 5 |
| Safwaan | Aqeel | H |
| Alina | Gen | 5 |
| Hamza | Karin | H |
| Riad | Sawalha | 5 |
| Ayla | Tariq | 5 |
| Nabiha | Gen | 5 |
| Imran | Anwar | 5 |
| Amreena | Fatima | 5 |
| Haroon | Mandur | 6 |
| Ahyan | Chowdhory | 6 |
| Kiswah | Kareem | 7 |
| Zoha | Rahman | 7 |
| Afeefa | Rahman | 7 |
| Hamza | Mandur | 8 |
| Zaid | Ali | 8 |
| Hamza | Ansari | H |
| Sana | Jafri | 9 |
| Abdulrehman | Munshi | 9 |
| Murad | Sawalha | 9 |
| Elyan | Jamal | 9 |
| Saima | Ashrafi | 10 |
| Mahum | Ansari | 10 |
| Salwa | Mohiuddin | 10 |
| Maha | Marfani | 10 |