QURAN COMPETITION HELD AT ISLAMIC CENTRE – MAIDA VALE ON 23 RAMADHAN 1431 – An Experience

S I Madressa embarked upon its first ever project of entering some of its students to an external Quran competition that was held at Islamic Centre – Maida Vale on 23 Ramadhan 1431.

The objective behind entering students for an External Competition was to provide intensive training for a few weeks to the short listed students who have attained certain standard of reciting Holy Quran following the rules of Tajweed. These children were put through an additional selection process to observe their depth of knowledge in the rules and art of reciting our Holy Book with the rhythm and voice.

The 8 selected boys and 4 girls (names listed below) went through further training during the holy month of Ramadhan to prepare them for the competition.

On the day of 23 Ramadhan – 4 September, boys and girls were given different time slot for their audition in front of a panel of judges. The judges on the boy's side felt that the boys are very young to participate within the all age groups due to their rising talent to maintain the regularity and pattern of their voices and hence split the categories into Under 15 years and Over 15 years.

Our community boys won all 3 positions in the under 15 years category of recitation. The girls' group was not split like the boys and were therefore included with the senior reciters. They were calculated on their Tajweed, using voice and tune. Winners on the ladies were regular reciters and teachers of higher level of Dar ul Quran (of Islamic Centre).

This competition was an excellent experience to witness the recitation judged by individuals with extensive knowledge in the recitation of the Holy Quran.

We thank Allah (swt) who gave us the opportunity to serve Him in His way and it is our privilege to be part of such a good community where exist such a talent in variety of teachers, students and their parents. We congratulate all the students for their amazing performance.

Insha'allah, in future we intend to prepare more of our community children for various Quran Recitation Competitions and we need support of dedicated parents to enhance this hidden talent.

Names of Participants:

Mohammed Kazim Kanji (1st Position)
Murtaza Mamdani (2nd Position)
Sultanali Rashid (3rd Position)
Maisam Merali
Mohammed Raza Rashid
Mehdi Raza Lilani
Ammaar Merali
Haider Virjee

Sarah Kanji
Fatema Zahra Rahemani
Zahra Mamdani
Maleeha Merali

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