Open Recitation and Hifz
Marking is across three main categories:
- Makhaarij (30)
- Tajweed rules & accuracy (50)
- Fluency (20)
Please find below details pertaining to each age category:
Fluency is marked similarly across all ages. Participants are marked down if stuttering, too much hesitancy, speeding up and slowing down pace haphazardly etc.
- Correct pronunciation/differentiation between individual letters e.g. ق and – ك- tafkheem tarqeeq not to be marked (Makhaarij)
- Short and long vowels – making sure short vowels are not lengthened to a long vowel and vice versa (Accuracy)
- ن and م shaddah stretch timing and stress nasal – eg. إنَّ (Tajweed)
- Correct pronunciation of haraka – (Accuracy)
- Madd – any madd should be at least longer than 2 i.e يا or في or مو. (Accuracy)
All the above in addition to:
- Idghaam “YANMU” – nasal and stretch stress in idgham nun sakina or tanween followed by either ي ن م و (Tajweed)
- Stopping at must stop signs, and continuing at must not stop (Accuracy)
All the above in addition to:
- Qalqala without differentiation in its strengths
- All ن and م sakina tajweed rules
- All Tafkheem (heavy/full) and tarqeeq (light/empty) (makhaarij) except rules of ر (Makhaarij)
- Differentiation between length of 4x Madd and 6x Madd
All the above in addition to:
- All tajweed rules including qalqala in its differentiation/various strengths (middle of word, end of sentence or with a shaddah) (Tajweed)
- Tafkheem and Tarqeeq including rules of ر (Makhaarij)
- All start/stop signs (Accuracy)
General marking and deductions
- 5-15yrs
- Minus one mark for each mistake in makhaarij and tajweed rules /
- However, if the same mistake is made repeatedly, mark to a maximum of minus 3 So for example, if noon shaddah stretch and stress is missed 5 times, minus 3 only.
- 16+yrs
- Minus one mark for each mistake in makhaarij and tajweed rules / accuracy, regardless of how many times the same mistake may be repeated.
Tafseer
- General understanding of the verse/surah (e.g. historical background)
- Cross referencing (e.g. other verses, tafaseer, Hadith, interfaith views)
- Clarity of explanation
- Ability to answer questions
- Lessons learnt and implementation