Greater Lansing Islamic School Invites You to Its Annual

Greater Lansing Islamic School invites you to its annual

Open to ALL Children in the Community Ages 4 - 15 May 7th and 8th, 2014 st Registration deadline March 21 /2014

3 ways to participate. Children may compete in Tajweed recitation OR Memorization with their age group (or above) or choose to recite Surahs they are comfortable with.

All children who recite well will receive recognition (a prize). Children competing in one of the 2 ways with their age group will be eligible for a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes.

Registration Form (must be turned in NO LATER THAN March 21st, 2014) ------

Child’s name: Birth date:

Age on 12/31/2013 Phone #:

Check one  Competing in Tajweed  Competing in Memorization  Reciting Only

If competing in memorization, circle age range competing in (at or above child’s age)  4 - 5  6 - 7  8 - 9  10 - 11  Advanced Group #1  Advanced Group #2

Parent’s Signature: ______Date: ______The Surahs required are according to the ages are as follows

Advanced Group (12-15) 4 to 5 years 6 to 7 years 8 to 9 years 10 to 11 years # 1 : 13 pages 7 pages 8 pages 9 pages 12 pages # 2 : 15 pages

At-Tin Al-Inshiqaq Al-Insan Al-Haqqah # 1 :Any other surahs total of 13 Al-Alaq Al-Buruj Al-Mursalat Al-Ma’arij pages Al-Qadr At-Tariq Amma Nuh

Az-Zalzalah Al-A’laa An-Nazi’aat Al-Jin # 2 : 15 pages ( ¾ of a juz’) from Al-Adiyat Al-Ghashiyah Abasa Al-Muzzammil one long surah in Al-Qari’ah Al-Fajr At-Takweer Al-Muddathir the rest of the Qur’an At-Takathur Al-Balad Al-Infitaar Al-Qiyamah Al-Asr Ash-Shams Al-Mmutaffifeen Al-Humazah Al-Lail Al-Fil Ad-Duha Quraysh Ash-Sharh Al-Ma’oon Al-Kawthar Al-Kafiroon An-Nasr Al-Masad Al-Ikhlas Al-Falaq An-Nas

***Parents may choose to sign up their child once for any level of his/her age or above. Rules for the Qur’an Competition

 Anyone between the ages of 4 and 15 years old as of December 31, 2014 is eligible to participate.

 Individuals can only participate in the category they registered for.  All participants must submit their registration form on or before March 21st 2014

 Participants cannot register in a group that’s younger than his/her age, or have previously competed and won a place in prior years.

 Individuals may choose to register under one of 3 categories:

1- Recitation by memory from predetermined surahs for a chance to place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.

2- Reading with Tajweed within the 21st to 25th juz’, for a chance to place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.

3- Recitation from memory of any surahs of the participant’s choosing; all participants will receive recognition.

 Participants may choose to switch their registration group no later than April 25th.

Rules for the Tajweed & Memorization Competition

 In each category the contestants will be asked to recite different verses from several

Surahs, which will be selected by the judges.

 Contestants competing in the advanced group will only be allowed to recite Surahs or Juz’ they have yet to recite in previous competitions.  For the Tajweed competition, the score will be determined from 100 points as follows:

Correct and fluent recitation of Qur’an ……………………………………20%

Proper pronunciation of letters (makharij & sifaat)………………..……..30%

Application of the Tajweed rules………….……..……….………………..50%

 For the memorization competition, the score will be determined from 100 points as follows:

Ability to recite sections asked by the judges…………………….…….20% Proper pronunciation of letters and words with tajweeed……………..30% Quality of memorization (accuracy and fluency)…………….….……...50%

Preparation Tips

 Listening to professional reciters and attempting to mimic them is an effective method to beautify one's tajweed and recitation.

 The following websites may be helpful in preparing for the Competition : www.reciter.org - www.quranexplorer.com - www.aswatalislam.net - http://english.islamway.com www.tajweedinenglish.com