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.
All competition rules, ballots, and materials are copyrighted and the sole property of the Muslim Inter-Scholastic Tournament (MIST)™. They may be printed by MIST competitors to prepare for MIST, but they may not be reproduced for any other use without written consent.
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.
- 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.
- Each student may pick only one test to compete in.
- Each student will be given a multiple choice and/or short answer test at the time of the competition.
- Students may prepare together, but at MIST, each student will be given an individual test. This means students may not work together.
- All questions for each topic will be based on the material covered in the assigned book.
- Test Subjects and Books for regionals are as follows:
- Knowledge Book 1: If I Should Speak by Umm Zakkiyyah
- Knowledge Book 2: Gender Equity in Islam: Basic Principles by Jamal Badawi
- Knowledge Book 3: The Life and Work of Muhammad (Critical Lives) by Yahiya Emerick
- Knowledge Book 4: Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
- Books can be found at many online book stores. Here are a few:
- Amazon.com
- Amazon.ca
- Chapters.ca
- OnlineIslamicStore.com
- Astrolabe Islamic Media
- 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 Quran 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
The following study packet can be used as a guide to study for the Tafseer Test. The questions may not come strictly from this packet since it does not include a verse by verse Tafseer.
MIST 2010 Tafseer Study Packet
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 listed surahs.
- This test will be made up of questions that will examine your knowledge of these surahs.
- Contestants may bring their own copies of a strictly Arabic or English Quran. Quranic Texts will be examined before the test and any found with tafsir will not be allowed. Contestants are responsible for bringing their own copies of the Quran.
- 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:
- There is no ballot for this competition.
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