Stewards.ONE is proud to announce our Quran Competition 2025—an event that aims to nurture both spiritual growth and educational excellence. This competition offers a unique opportunity for reciters to showcase their mastery of the Holy Qur’an through beautiful recitations, evaluated on clarity, fluency, and overall delivery.
Competition Categories:
- Category A: 1 Juz’u—Juz Naba
- Category B: 2 Juz’u – Juz Mulk
- Category C: 3 Juz’u—Juz Mujadilah-Nas
- Category D: 4 Juz’u—Juz Tur-Nas
- Category E: 5 Juz’u—Juz Ahqaf-Nas
Prizes:
- Category A: £10
- Category B: £15
- Category C: £20
- Category D: £25
- Category E: £30
**Disclaimer**
Prize money will only be sent to recipients with UK bank accounts. We apologise in advance for this inconvenience.
Event Details:
- Date: Saturday, 15th March 2025
- Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Eligibility:
- Open to all students and community members. Every child who wants to participate must register.
- Participants are required to register in the category that fits their appropriate level according to the maximum amount of Quran they have memorised.
Requirements:
- Participants are hereby encouraged to avoid cheating from the web or Quran, as this is a test of how much they’ve memorised.
- Participants are also advised to have a very good audio-visual and likewise stable internet connection in a quiet environment.
Judging Criteria: Participants will be evaluated based on pronunciation, rhythm, fluency, and overall delivery.
The Judges:
- Abdul Aziz Abdul Hamid: Abdul Aziz Abdul Hamid memorised the Holy Quran from Hufaadh Mahd, Osogbo, around 2010. He’s also a first-class graduate at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the faculty of arts and humanities in Islamic law. He has been a teacher of the Quran at various levels and spent a year at Al-Medinah International College, Osogbo, Osun State, as a Quran teacher between 2017 and 2018. He also worked as a teacher at Daarul Uloom, Minnesota, United States, as a remote Quran teacher for a couple of years. His unique blend of expertise is teaching both in person and virtually, and he has mentored students from different backgrounds in both Arabic and Quran memorisation for years.
- Ashraf Akintola: Ashraf Akintola memorised the Quran at age 17 in Ibadan. He’s vast at teaching people (kids and adults) how to memorise and recite the Quran fluently; his experience led to the commencement of Darul Ashraf online Arabic and Islamic school, where they tutor young Muslims on how to recite and memorise the Holy Quran. He’s a postdoctoral researcher at Kyungpook National University, South Korea (Bioinformatics).
- Ahmad Abdul-Majeed: Ahmad Abdul-Majeed has a Diploma in Arabic from King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia and is currently an undergraduate student studying Physics at the same university. A Hafiz of the Hifs Qira’a, Ahmad memorised Al Quran at Inaayatullah International Academy, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria. (2012-2016). He has been teaching the Quran to children for over 5 years and is dedicated to seeing young ones achieve their goals of memorising the Quran.
