1st and 2nd-grade participants might compete in the following categories;
Recitation; Students will be judged and scored according to reciting with fluency and maqam, application of tajweed and proper pronunciation of letters makhraj.
Memorization: Participants will be asked the following prayers and surahs by heart.
Prayers in Salah;
Subhanaka
at-Tahiyyat
Salawat (Salli and Bariq)
Rabbena Atina and Rabbenaghfirli
Qunoot Prayers
Short Surahs, any of the 5 surahs from the following. Participants will decide which 5 surahs to be asked from;
Surah Al-Fil
Surah Al-Quraysh
Surah Al-Maun
Surah Al-Kawthar
Surah Al-Kafirun
Surah An-Nasr
Surah At-Tabbat
Surah Al-Ikhlas
Surah Al-Falaq
Surah An-Nas
Surah Al-Fatiha
Special Talent; students might compete in any of the following categories;
10 pages of Qur’an memorization
Reciting Qur’an with beautiful Maqam
Adhan (Call the prayer)
Poem Reading
Nasheed Singing (Contestants can perform as a group)