• Overview
• Rules and Regulation

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Test your memorization and recitation of the Quran in Arabic, according to tajweed (rules of recitation). Level 1 is for beginners, while Levels 2 and 3 are for more advanced competitors.

Competition Logistics:

1. This competition will be conducted in-person.
   
2. MIST ID and order of competition will be pre-assigned on a random selection basis.
   
3. All competitors will be judged. Competitors will report to the competition room at the same time, which will be designated in the competition schedule.
   
4. The performance will be judged according to the Qur'an Memorization Ballot.
   

Registration Requirements:

1. Each team may have a maximum of four (4) male and four (4) female competitors for Level 1, and a maximum of two (2) male and two (2) female competitors for Levels 2 and 3 each.
2. Each level is treated as a separate competition, and each level is gender-segregated.
   a. Example: Male competitors will register for Brothers Qur’an Memorization Level 1, and female competitors will register for Sisters Qur’an Memorization Level 1.​
3. The levels of this competition are as follows:

Level 1: Surahs 1, 87-114
Level 2: Surahs 78-86 (in addition to all Surahs in Level 1)
Level 3: Surah 36, 55, 56 AND choice of Surah 12, 18, 19, 20 (in addition to all Surahs in Levels 1 and 2)

Procedures:

1. Competitors will be expected to memorize the portion of the Qur’an relevant to their level in Arabic and be able to
   recite from memory fluently. Hafs (on the authority of Asim) is the default recitation style.
2. The judge will select three (3) separate passages from any of the Surahs relevant to the student’s level.
   a. EXAMPLE: If a competitor is registered for Level 1, the judge will select any three (3) passages from Surahs 1 and/or 87-114. The competitor should be prepared to recite from any of the Surahs listed within that specific level.
3. For Levels 2 and 3, the competitor may be asked to recite a passage from the level they registered for, or from the previous level.
   a. EXAMPLE: If a competitor is registered for Level 2, the judge may ask the competitor to recite a passage from Level 2 and/or Level 1.
4. Judges will prompt the competitor by reading a portion of a verse, and the competitor will be expected to continue the recitation until motioned to stop. Judging will be based on the three (3) separate passages.

Minor Mistakes

• Heavy vs. Light - To overlook the rules of tafkheem and tarqeeq only when reciting the name of Allah and the letter Raa
• Ghunnah - Not to adhere to the the rules of izhaar, idghaam, iqlaab, ikhfaa, etc. in their respective places
• Prolongation - Not to prolong / stretch a letter when madd is present

Major Mistakes

• Incorrect Makhraj or Sifat - Not to pronounce letters from the correct place of articulation and their respective qualities, including qalqala, etc
• Addition - To add on letters to words, or add entire words
• Omission - To leave off letters from words, or leave out entire words
• Replacement - To replace a letter for another, or replace entire words
• Change Harakah - To change the fat’ha, dhamma, or kasra
• To replace Harakah with Sukoon and vice versa - To replace a fat’ha, dhamma, or kasra with a saakin and vice versa​

*See rulebook for more information.