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28th December 2006

Knowledge and Qur’an

This category contains the knowledge tests and the Qur’an competitions. Each student can register for only ONE competition from this category.

Knowledge Tests
Tajweed
Memorization
Tafseer Test

Knowledge Tests

If you violate and/or not fulfill any of the following rules, you could loose points or even be disqualified from the tournament.

  1. No more than 2 students from each team can register for each test. For example, you can have 2 students register for the first test, 2 students register for the second test, 2 students register for the third test and 2 students register for the fourth test.
  2. Each student may pick only one test to compete in.
  3. Each student will be given a multiple choice and/or short answer test at the time of the competition.
  4. Students may prepare together, but at MIST, each student will be given an individual test. This means students may not work together.
  5. All questions for each topic will be based on the material covered in the assigned book.
  6. Test Subjects and Books for regionals are as follows:
    1. Knowledge Book 1: African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles - by Allan D. Austin
    2. Knowledge Book 2: The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century by Ross E. Dunn
    3. Knowledge Book 3: Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433
      by Edward L. Dreyer
    4. Knowledge Book 4: Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and
      Artists by Michael H. Morgan
  7. Books can be found at any of the following online book stores:
    1. Amazon.com
    2. OnlineIslamicStore.com
    3. Astrolabe Islamic Media
    4. Dar-us-Salam Publications

    Tajweed

    This competition will have only one winner (first place). Each person will be asked to read with tajweed a random passage from ANY part of the Quran. Judging will be based on proper pronunciation and enchanting (the way to recite with a rhythm, described in Surat 73. Al-Muzzammil, verse 4).

    Judging will be based on the following:

    1. Reading Category: Perfecting (mastering) the reading process without committing mistakes in reciting the words and/or verses.

    2. Adaa (Performance) Category: Perfecting (mastering) the performance process. This category is a combination of both acquired skills that a person gains through proper training in addition to other qualities that are a gift from Allah (swt) (such as someone’s voice) that He alone gives to whomever He chooses.

    3. Tajweed (Recitation) category: Perfecting (mastering) the art of reciting the Qur’an by respecting the correct outputs of the alphabets, phonetics, timing, and applying all the rules of Tajweed.

    4. Makhaaraij (Articulation) category: Perfecting the style of pronunciation of each Arabic letter and knowing where the sound of each letter comes from.

    Competitors will be judged according to the Tajweed Ballot.

    The brothers and sisters competition will be separate if at least five competitors are registered for the competition. If there are less than five competitors in either section then the competition will be merged.

    No more than 2 male students and 2 female students from each team can register for this competition. This competition is NOT a team effort.

    If there is a tie for 1st place, judges will pick a verse of the Qur’an and competitors will have to derive all the tajweed rules that apply to that verse.

    For advice on preparation, contact your Regional Registration Headquarters, and messages will be forwarded to a qualified Shaikh.

    Memorization

    This competition will have 3 winners: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Each student will be asked to recite a number of passages from the 29th and 30th Juz of the Quran.
    Judging will be based on the following:

    1. Recitation Category: Perfecting (mastering) the recitation process without committing mistakes in reciting the words and/or verses.

    2. Adaa (Performance) Category: Perfecting (mastering) the performance process. This category is a combination of both acquired skills that a person gains through proper training in addition to other qualities that are a gift from Allah (swt) (such as someone’s voice) that He alone gives to whomever He chooses.

    3. Tajweed (Recitation) category: Perfecting (mastering) the art of reciting the Qur’an by respecting the correct outputs of the alphabets, phonetics, timing, and applying all the rules of Tajweed.

    4. Makhaaraij (Articulation) category: Perfecting the style of pronunciation of each Arabic letter and knowing where the sound of each letter comes from.

    Competitors will be judged according to the Memorization Ballot.

    The brothers and sisters competition will be separate if at least five competitors are registered for the competition. If there are less than five competitors in either section then the competition will be merged.

    No more than 2 male students and 2 female students from each team can register for this competition. This competition is NOT a team effort.

    If there is a tie for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place, judges will ask the competitors to recite another selection. If the tie continues, the competitors will be asked to explain a specific verse or surah from any of the 3 Ajiza’a (Chapters).

    For advice on preparation, email contact your Regional Registration Headquarters, and messages will be forwarded to a qualified Shaikh.

    Tafseer Test

    Exam will be based on the following:

    The following are the rules of this competition. All contestants must adhere to these rules or risk disqualification.

    • No more than 2 students from each team can register for this competition.
    • This competition is NOT a team effort. Students can prepare for it together, however each contestant will receive a separate test.
    • MIST ID and order of competition will be pre-assigned on a random selection basis.
    • Competitors shall report at the appropriate time and place designated.
    • The judges shall identify each contestant’s test by their MIST IDs only. If the contestant’s name appears anywhere on the test, he/she will be automatically disqualified from the competition.
    • This competition will be an open-book test on the above 10 listed surahs.
    • This test will be made up of questions that will examine your knowledge of these surahs.
    • Contestants are responsible for bringing their own copies of the Qur’an.
    • The test will contain a combination of short answer, multiple choice, and True/False questions.
    • Some sample questions are:
      a. In Surat Al-Anaam, find one verse that talks about how the pagans called out to Allah in times of distress.
      b. Which of the following Surah’s is known as the heart of the Qur’an?
    • Tests will be written using: Maa’riful Quran - http://www.islamibayanaat.com/EMQ.htm
    • There is no ballot for this competition.

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There are currently 41 responses to “Knowledge and Qur’an”

  1. 1 On January 6th, 2007, Karishma said:

    salaam.
    what exactly are the titles of the knowledge books for the tests in this category?
    thanks

    posted on January 6th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

  2. 2 On January 6th, 2007, Ahmed Salim said:

    We are working hard to review our book selection before publishing the list. We appreciate your patience.

    posted on January 6th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

  3. 3 On January 8th, 2007, Shaimaa said:

    For the past years, there havent been much people entering Girls Memorization…therefore, adding a new juz kinda shuts people down. So, whats up with that?

    posted on January 8th, 2007 at 4:13 pm

  4. 4 On January 16th, 2007, Sami Ahmed said:

    adding the extra juz was not cool…now i cant do it…but Alhamdulillah, ill just do something else inshAllah

    posted on January 16th, 2007 at 8:25 pm

  5. 5 On January 27th, 2007, Shaimaa El-Ansari said:

    This is my first year entering the MIST competition…Im in the Girls Memorization Competiton..so I was wondering…What will happen if there arent enough girls for the Girls Memorization Competition? Will we have to compete against Boys??

    posted on January 27th, 2007 at 11:28 am

  6. 6 On January 29th, 2007, Safia Ansari said:

    How do you expect us to register in two weeks if we don’t even know what books are being assigned for the knowledge tests?

    posted on January 29th, 2007 at 7:41 pm

  7. 7 On January 29th, 2007, Sami Ahmed said:

    true that…no way you can put any 500 page book 2 weeks before because we just can’t do it since we’ll be doing all our other MIST preparations…we don’t read that quickly for school and even though we love MIST more than school, I just don’t see that as organized…I’m guessing that Ahmed isn’t behind the book selection because he is clutch on timing non-desi style…please fix this Houston

    posted on January 29th, 2007 at 8:38 pm

  8. 8 On January 30th, 2007, Recent Updates » Muslim Inter-Scholastic Tournament said:

    […] Knowledge Books Updated […]

    posted on January 30th, 2007 at 10:09 pm

  9. 9 On January 30th, 2007, Rasha El-haggan said:

    Assalamu Alaikum,

    I’m going to respond to all your comments inshallah. Each response corresponds to the number of the post:

    Post 1: Knowledge Books have been updated and are online.

    Post 3: We added the new Juz as a consensus from all the competition chairs from the different regions. Some regions have an equal amount of girls in both Quran competitions and some do not. If it doesn’t work out this year, we will look into lessening the requirements for that competition next year inshallah.

    Post 4: I’m really sorry that it’s not cool but inshallah I still hope that you have a good time at MIST and can find other competitions that fit your talents. We do take your comments seriously and will consider them next year when working on the competitions inshallah.

    Post 5: There has to be at least 5 boys and 5 girls in the memorization and tajweed competitions. If after registration, we notice that there is an insufficient number of registrants for the competition, we do combine them. In this case, of course, the judges are all female. Boys do not get to hear the girl’s recitation since the judges would call each competitor in the room one at a time. If you have any more questions, please email us.

    Post 6: Each year, it takes us a long time to finalize the books. This is a really crucial step since we do need to read the books before we choose them. We do appreciate your patience. We are all volunteers and we try our best to do things in a timely fashion. Alhamdulilah, the knowledge books have been posted on the website today.

    Post 7: We wouldn’t expect you to read a 500 page book 2 weeks before the tournament. You have 2 months and a half. We do try our best to be as organized as possible. Please keep in mind that we are all volunteers with families and our own schooling, so inshallah your patience and forgiveness for our shortcomings is definitely appreciated. I would also like to add that it’s not one region’s fault for the delay since all regions work together to come up with the competition materials and topics.

    I hope I have answered all your questions. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to email us.
    —MIST National Competitions Director.

    posted on January 30th, 2007 at 11:07 pm

  10. 10 On February 14th, 2007, SOmeone said:

    For the tafseer test, do you need to know each ayat’s meaning of every surah?

    posted on February 14th, 2007 at 3:13 pm

  11. 11 On February 19th, 2007, Rasha El-haggan said:

    You do not need to memorize the ayaat. However, you will be expected to answer questions related to the ayaat. That is why you can bring with you a Quran with Arabic/English translation but no tafseer.

    Assalamu Alaikum

    posted on February 19th, 2007 at 10:32 pm

  12. 12 On February 20th, 2007, Saleha Ahmed said:

    ASA,
    Alhamdulilah today I had some time to read the comments. I think all the volunteers are doing a wonderful job, but at the same time you need to get some adults involve who can give ther time and work with you gyus to get this well organized. Just a suggestion.
    One more thing when you are going to post material for MIST bowl.
    JazakAllah Khair.
    Sis.Saleha

    posted on February 20th, 2007 at 1:47 pm

  13. 13 On February 23rd, 2007, Narmi said:

    Salaam,
    I would like to know how long each knowledge test will be. (number of pages…)

    posted on February 23rd, 2007 at 3:09 pm

  14. 14 On February 28th, 2007, Shama said:

    Another knowledge test question: Are we allowed to bring notes (that we wrote) on the material to help us on the test?

    posted on February 28th, 2007 at 11:18 am

  15. 15 On February 28th, 2007, Rasha El-haggan said:

    Assalamu Alaikum,

    Jazakumu Allahu Khayran for your comments. As far as the adults being involved, I’m not sure what constitutes “adult.” I mean, I am married and have 3 children and I’m 30. Does that mean I’m an adult? I’d like to think I’m still a child at heart :)

    Now let’s get serious. Narmi’s question about how long the test is: Don’t know yet. We are still in the process of writing the tests.

    Shama’s question: No notes are allowed for any test.

    Let us know if you have any more questions inshallah.

    posted on February 28th, 2007 at 11:20 pm

  16. 16 On March 13th, 2007, anonymous said:

    saalam
    this may sound really ignorant but I’ve never done tafseer test so what exactly is
    the difference between tafseer and translation like is tafseer the topics of discussion/
    objective and purpose of the surah like it’s on the website provided on the rules sheet for it
    also, like do we just have to study dat website for each surah or like memorize the
    translation for every verse in the surah but den that would be to much because each surah
    has like over a 100 verses.. it’s kind of confusion.. could you help

    posted on March 13th, 2007 at 12:54 am

  17. 17 On March 13th, 2007, Ahmed Salim said:

    Tafseer, or Qur’anic exegis, is a body of literature that adds information from Hadith and other sources to help contextualize the words of the Qur’an. Therefore, tafseer is simply an explanation of the translation. You need to be familiar with both in order to compete in the Tafseer Test competition, but you do not need to memorize all of it.

    posted on March 13th, 2007 at 1:45 pm

  18. 18 On March 18th, 2007, Rasha El-haggan said:

    You especially do not need to memorize all the translation because this test is an open Quran test. You can have an English/Arabic Quran. It just can’t have a lot of tafseer in it.

    posted on March 18th, 2007 at 1:23 pm

  19. 19 On March 20th, 2007, ADNAN said:

    AA….i wuz wondering y did u only have first place for tajweed because i think it would be harder…because you may lose by a minor mistake………just wodering because i think it should at least be a 1st 2nd and 3rd……….plz explain

    posted on March 20th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

  20. 20 On March 21st, 2007, Tatheer said:

    Salaam,
    I was wondering that if it’s an open book test, we’re allowed to bring our own copies of the Quran so then can we bring a quran with english translation?

    posted on March 21st, 2007 at 10:10 pm

  21. 21 On March 23rd, 2007, Rasha El-haggan said:

    Please see answers above in previous posts regarding the open book test policy. Regarding the 1st place tajweed, I’ll get back to you on this inshallah. But initially, the idea was that students should be encouraged to participate inthe Memorization competition instead of just tajweed. Again, as I said I’ll get back to you about the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for tajweed and if it will be still held this year.

    posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:11 pm

  22. 22 On March 26th, 2007, narmi said:

    Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullahi wa Barakatu.
    I wanted to know how long the test is going to be, because
    last time i asked they were still in the process of writing them.
    Jazakullahu kair.

    posted on March 26th, 2007 at 8:55 am

  23. 23 On March 26th, 2007, akhtar said:

    Salaam,
    I want to become a hafiza when i grow up but, their is something that always stops me from memorising ever since i left mosque. Its proberbly temptation and all the other worldly affairs going around the world. I also wanted to I also wanted to ask how many years it takes to be a hafiza. Please giveme advice.

    Jazakallah khair

    posted on March 26th, 2007 at 2:56 pm

  24. 24 On March 27th, 2007, narmi said:

    Walaikumusalaam,
    My bros are actually doing hifz..so it usually takes around 3 years depending on
    how fast you can memorize. Younger students around the age of 6-7 can memorize even
    faster because of their ability to grasp and remember such concepts.dont delay bcoming a hafiza because the
    older you become, the HARDER.

    posted on March 27th, 2007 at 9:35 am

  25. 25 On March 29th, 2007, narmi said:

    do we have to know all the dates and such for the knowledge tests? I swear there’s like a HUNDRED dates the the silent no more book

    posted on March 29th, 2007 at 8:40 am

  26. 26 On March 30th, 2007, Sarah said:

    Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullah
    This will be my first year at MIST as i am a freshman, and I have a question about the Tafseer test. Will the judge call each person in at a time and tell them to recite a passage without looking over it? Or will the person have some time to look over the passage and then recite it with tajweed to the judge? I just needed some clarification at that part.
    Jazakallah for your help!

    posted on March 30th, 2007 at 11:39 pm

  27. 27 On April 1st, 2007, Ahmed Salim said:

    I am assuming you mean Tajweed test. You will be asked to recite on the spot.

    For the Tajweed test, you may have a mushaf (written copy of Qur’an) with you.

    For the Memorization test, you must recite from memory, without the help of a mushaf.

    posted on April 1st, 2007 at 5:12 pm

  28. 28 On April 2nd, 2007, Sana said:

    go dar us salaam!

    posted on April 2nd, 2007 at 5:56 pm

  29. 29 On April 5th, 2007, Sarah said:

    Sorry, I did mean that. Also, would there be an audience? Like with a stage and microphone or anything?

    posted on April 5th, 2007 at 6:20 pm

  30. 30 On May 21st, 2007, sanayya sohail said:

    saalam
    are the surahs for nationals the same as regionals

    posted on May 21st, 2007 at 10:07 pm

  31. 31 On May 23rd, 2007, Ahmed Salim said:

    Yes, all the competition topics are the same for Nationals.

    posted on May 23rd, 2007 at 11:13 pm

  32. 32 On May 29th, 2007, SANAYYA said:

    o ok thanks

    posted on May 29th, 2007 at 9:29 am

  33. 33 On December 12th, 2007, anum said:

    this is a really lame question but for the tafseer test the website is really confusing.. how are we supposed to find the surahs on it?

    posted on December 12th, 2007 at 9:59 am

  34. 34 On December 12th, 2007, ahmad said:

    the tafseer website is so confusing..cant we use the one from last year? that one is way better…

    posted on December 12th, 2007 at 8:52 pm

  35. 35 On December 24th, 2007, Khadija Taufique said:

    Assalamu Alaikum,

    Maa’riful Qur’an is a much more comprehensive and easy to understand tafseer. It is usually found in book form, but this website has the entire collection of 8 volumes in pdf format. Use your knowledge of the order of surahs to determine which volume the surah you are looking for can be found in. For example, Volume 8 contains Surah Muhammad through to Surah An Nas. Play with the links until you find where your surah is located.

    Helpful Hint: Print out the pages your are attempting to read. It’s much easier to highlight and study that way.

    posted on December 24th, 2007 at 5:42 pm

  36. 36 On January 7th, 2008, muslimah said:

    salaam. i wanted to know if the quran competition will be done in front of an audience or will the judges call each competor into a room?

    and jazakAllah Khair to all of yuo helping to organize this event! Reallly looking forward to it :)

    posted on January 7th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

  37. 37 On January 15th, 2008, umi said:

    how long are the knowledge tests?

    posted on January 15th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

  38. 38 On January 19th, 2008, Bo said:

    Are the books on here the same for each region?

    posted on January 19th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

  39. 39 On February 17th, 2008, sara ali said:

    why the extra juz y not just amma everyone well majority ppl know it…now i cant do it. thanx.

    posted on February 17th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

  40. 40 On February 18th, 2008, ramsha said:

    will the judges just give us a randon surah to recite or will they give us a line in arabic/ or english and we have to continue that line? how exactly will the sisters memorization work? what kind of question are they going to ask us and how will this work?

    posted on February 18th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

  41. 41 On March 16th, 2008, Anonymous said:

    Im having a problem finding the Knowledge Book 1.
    I checked the library and everything.
    And they dont have it.
    And i dont want to travel too far away,
    just for a book..
    And i dont wanna buy it..
    cuz i’ll probably never read it again.

    posted on March 16th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

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