LOCATION
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND
May 24 to May 26, 2025
More Information Coming Soon
QURAN COMPETITION
Register for the Quran Competition at the below button using your ICNA CON 2025 registration code
Non-Hifz Categories
- Category 1: Ages up to 12 Years
› Recitation Requirement:
Participants will be asked to recite any surah from Surah Al-Fajr to Surah An-Naas.
- Category 2: Ages 13 to 20 Years
› Recitation Requirement:
Participants will be asked to recite any surah from Surah Al-Naba to Surah Al-Ghashia.
- Use of Mushaf
› Participants may be allowed to use a Mushaf (physical or digital) to assist in recitation.
Hifz Categories
- Category 1: Ages up to 8 Years
› 1 Juzz (30th Juzz)
- Category 2
› 5 Juzz (First 5-Juzz or Last 5-Juzz)
- Category 3
› 10 Juzz (First 10-Juzz or Last 10-Juzz)
- Category 4
› 15 Juzz (First 15-Juzz or Last 15-Juzz)
- Category 5
› 20 Juzz (First 20-Juzz or Last 20-Juzz)
- Category 6
› 30 Juzz (Full Quran)
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR QURAN COMPETITION
General Rules for All Categories
Judging Criteria
The following points define the Judging Criteria for all categories (Hifz and Non-Hifz) unless specified otherwise.
| NON-HIFZ CATEGORIES | |
| CATEGORY 1 | CATEGORY 2 |
|---|---|
Non-Hifz | Age up to 12 | Non-Hifz | Age 13 to 20 |
Surah Al-Fajr to Surah An-Naas | Surah An-Naba to Surah Al-Ghashia |
$20 | $20 |
| HIFZ CATEGORIES | ||
| CATEGORY 1 | CATEGORY 2 | CATEGORY 3 |
|---|---|---|
Hifz | Age up to 8 | Hifz | Age up to 8 | Hifz | Age up to 8 |
| 30th Juzz Only | First 5–Juzz or Last 5–Juzz | First 10–Juzz or Last 10–Juzz |
| $20 | $20 | $20 |
| CATEGORY 4 | CATEGORY 5 | CATEGORY 6 |
Hifz | Age up to 8 | Hifz | Age up to 8 | Hifz | Age up to 8 |
| First 15–Juzz or Last 15–Juzz | First 20–Juzz or Last 20–Juzz | All Juzz (1–30) |
| $20 | $20 | $20 |
Rules
- This competition is not open to Quran teachers, Imams, or Community Leaders.
- ICNA-MAS Annual Convention Registration is required to participate in the Quran Competition.
- Participants in the Hifz Categories will be evaluated in the following areas:
Memorization – 60%
Tajweed – 40% - Participants in the Recital Category will be evaluated in the following areas:
Qiraat – 40%
Tajweed – 60% - In case of Tie; the age of participants will be factored in to declare the winners.
- If the group’s registration count falls below 6 participants, only one winner will be selected for that category.
- The previous years winners of the ICNA-MAS Quran Competition will not be eligible to participate in the same category for this year’s competition.
- The ruling of the judges is final.
- The ICNA-MAS organizers reserves the right to dismiss, or disqualify any contestant with immediate effect at any stage; without assuming any liability. This includes but is not limited to violation of the terms and conditions governing the competition.
- This competition is not open to Quran teachers, Imams, or Community Leaders.
- ICNA-MAS Annual Convention Registration is required to participate in the Quran Competition.
- Participants in the Hifz Categories will be evaluated in the following areas:
Memorization – 60%
Tajweed – 40% - Participants in the Recital Category will be evaluated in the following areas:
Qiraat – 40%
Tajweed – 60% - In case of Tie; the age of participants will be factored in to declare the winners.
- If the group’s registration count falls below 6 participants, only one winner will be selected for that category.
- The previous years winners of the ICNA-MAS Quran Competition will not be eligible to participate in the same category for this year’s competition.
- The ruling of the judges is final.
- The ICNA-MAS organizers reserves the right to dismiss, or disqualify any contestant with immediate effect at any stage; without assuming any liability. This includes but is not limited to violation of the terms and conditions governing the competition.
DATE & Time
- Sunday 26th MAY (10 AM – 2 PM)
AGE Category
| YOUNG RECITER | AGE UP TO 10Y | JUZ 30 – Quiz |
| QURAN RECITER | AGE 12Y TO 16Y | |
| FRESHMAN HAFIZ | AGE UP TO 12Y | JUZ 29 |
| SOPHOMORE HAFIZ | AGE UP TO 14Y | JUZ 28 |
| JUNIOR HAFIZ | AGE UP TO 16Y | JUZ 27 |
Room Assignments
- 301 – 304
Prizes
- 1st Prize $300
2nd Prize $200
3rd Prize $150
Registration Fee
- $15
REGISTRATION & EVENT DETAILS COMING SOON!
- Syllabus by the age group.
- You must be registered with the ICNA-MAS Annual Convention
- Contestants of the HIFZ CATEGORY will be tested as follows: (A) Memorization (60%) (B) Tajweed (40%)
- The age of the participants within the group will be taken into account only as a tiebreaker.
- Quran teachers, Imams, and Community Leaders do not qualify for this competition.
- Winners of the Quran Competition at the ICNA-MAS Convention do not qualify for the following years, if competing for the same category.
- There will be 3 winning positions for each group. If the number of registrants for the group is less than 6, ONLY one winning position will be awarded for that group.
- ICNA-MAS organizers reserve the right to dismiss, cancel and/or disqualify any contestant without liability at any time, with immediate effect; this includes, but is not limited to, any participant who tampers with the operation of the competition or competition site or violates the terms and conditions, or any other applicable laws and regulations.
- Participants must be registered Convention attendees, and are responsible for hotel accommodation, food, transportation and all other related expenses.
- Participants have NO right to object, reject, or decline the judges’ ruling; Judges’ ruling will be final, but if participants have any concern they should address it to the head of the Judging Committee or the organizers.
- Participants must agree to the terms and conditions.
FAQs
We encourage children to put their best effort to memorize Quran, we do not ask if they completed their
syllabus or not.
The competition start time is 10 am. You should bring your child on time but no later than 10:15 am or your
child might miss his/her chance.
You won't be able to choose or select a category once it reaches the maximum participant limit.
Contestant will be given a baskets to pick a random card, and hand over to the judge. Judge then will recite
the Ayah mentioned on the card and contestant will continue to recite for about 7 Ayah or judge will decide
when to stop.
We have organized a separate room only for sisters, girls 12 and older, will be tested by our Sister Judges.
Younger participants can choose to participate in their age group or older age group, however older participants cannot compete in the younger age group.
- 12 years old can participate in Freshman, Sophomore or Junior Hifz
- 14 years old can participate in Sophomore or Junior Hifz
- 16 years old can only participate in Junior Hifz
- FRESHMAN HIFZ: JUZ 30
- SOPHOMORE HIFZ: JUZ 29
- JUNIOR HIFZ: JUZ 25 - 28
Yes, on-site registration will be available on Saturday from 3 PM to 5 PM (by the Convention Registration Booths). Please be aware that your preferred category may already be closed if it has reached its maximum capacity. Our recommendation is to register online, ahead of time.
