52 Children Honored at Quran Memorization Ceremony

Are those just envelopes? Let me see them. , okay. It has the It has all the So, they get a certificate and prize. Okay. You want to give both out or you want me to do one? Huh? When secretary prizes from you. Okay. You take this. I'll give the certificates. certificates. There we go.

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Certificates and awards and prizes for the Quran competition that we recently had. Quran competition was on the 26th of April, I believe it was. And masha Allah, we have 52 certificates to give out, which is actually a pretty big number. So, masha Allah, alhamdulillah, that is actually very great. We had good participation and our children worked nice and hard for this. So, I will announce the name and then come up to get your certificate. You get your certificate from me and then you can get your prize from Ustadh Osama here. He was gracious enough he was one of the judges with us at Alhamdulilahi. And so they did a.

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We will start with the first level, level one, which was Surat Al-Bayyinah. Surat Al-Bayyinah and actually Surat Al-Bayyinah is not a very easy surah. A lot of people have a tough time with it. So, we have in first place Rahma Hussein. Rahma Hussein. Surat Al-Bayyinah. Masha Allah. Here is your certificate, darling, and here is your prize. Okay, second place is Salam Shafiq. Salam Shafiq or Shafeeq. Salam Shafiq. Is it this kid here?

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Very good. Masha Allah. Number three, Arzan Khan. Arzan Khan. Third place, Arzan Khan. I guess put that on the side. I don't think he's here. Okay, fourth place is Maryam Shafiq. Maryam Shafiq. Maryam Shafiq. Get your she's not here either. the which we are on 2 3 Maryam Shafique. Okay, next place is Meraj Mostafa. Meraj Mostafa. Meraj Mostafa. I'm getting a lot of lot of duds here. Where's all of our first level? Okay. Rinaz Fatima. Rinaz Fatima. There she is. Masha Allah. Here you go, sweetheart. Masha Allah. Very good. Okay, next is Talia Abdul Aziz. Talia Abdul Aziz. Come on up, Talia Abdul Aziz. Masha Allah. Here you are. Here's your prize. Yusra Naji. Masha Allah. There you go. One for each hand. And next is Ali Al Qatami.

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When? Oh, there he is. Masha Allah. Congratulations, Alush. Here you go, buddy. Okay, next is Alma Shafique. Masha Allah. Congratulations, sweetheart. Good job. Next is Amir Hijazi. Amir Hijazi. There he is. There you go, bud. Okay, next is Yusuf Abdul Karim.

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Yusuf, you look great today, man. Masha Allah. Good job. Next is Al-Mu'tasim Labib. There he is. Walking tall. Congratulations. Next is Muhammad Labib. Brothers. Are you brothers or cousins? You're brothers? Which Hey, I think I gave you two. Hang on. Did I give you two? Oh, that's just me. Okay. Thank you. Maybe you deserve two. Omar Al-Assadi. Omar Al-Assadi. Masha Allah. Omar, fantastic, fabulous. Okay, next is Razan Raji. Razan Raji. Okay, next is Saif Shafiq. Saif. Where are you, bud? Saif Shafiq. Congrats, bud. Take your certificate. You don't take it, I'll keep it. Okay. Okay, now moving on to level two. Again, that was a grade for level one Surat al-Bayyinah. Now, it's I I guess it's getting more difficult, right? Yes. That was the lowest level, so we're actually getting more difficult. Level two was Surat at-Takwir. You don't hear Surat at-Takwir in salah very much, do you? People are afraid of it, that's why. Okay, so first place in Surat at-Takwir was Ayan Mahin. Ayan Mahin. Masha Allah, Ayan. Good job, bud. Next is Lean Hassan. Lean. Look at the darling. Okay, next is Maria Abdul Razzaq or Maria Abdul Razzaq. Not here? Put that to the side. That's one, right? Okay, next is Areej Raji. Areej Raji. Areej Raji. Areej is not here. Okay, next is Misk Abu Awad. Misk Abu Awad. There she is. Misk Abu Awad. Good job, sweetheart. Okay, next is Muhammad Ahmad Sultan. We have bil ism al-thulathi masha Allah Muhammad Ahmad Sultan. Tayyib, Zain Dudu. Zain. Dudu. There you go, bud. Take your prize. Next is Iman Barmawi. Iman Barmawi. Good job. Surat at-Takwir. All this little thing did Surat at-Takwir. Next is Alma Dudu. Alma Is she taking this for your sister? Good job, bud. Okay, next. Moving on to the third level. Third level is Surat al-Muzzammil. Surat al-Muzzammil. Okay, and we have Surat al-Muzzammil. First place is Dalia Sahtout.

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Masha Allah. Very good, darling. Next is Sirine al-Qatami. Very good, Sirine. Proud of you. Okay, next is Maryam al-Faq. There she is. And all of her splendor and glory. There you go, Maryam. Okay. Going back to Arzan Khan for Surat al-Bayyinah. Arzan Khan.

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Salma Lucas.

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Okay. Next is Zahura Mustafa. Bint Sabr. Okay. Okay. Next is Adam Abdul Razzaq. Adam Abdul Razzaq. Adam Abdul Razzaq. Okay. Next is Khalil Campbell. Khalil Campbell.

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Congratulations. Good job. Okay, moving on to level four, which is Surat Al Mulk. And we know that this surah is very important. This is one of the chapters that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam would recite every night, correct? And Surat Al Mulk recited every night, the reward for reciting Surat Al Mulk every night is what? Min adhab al qabr will protect a person from the punishment of the grave. We all need some of that. So, at the very top of that list, Yusuf Campbell. Yusuf Campbell. He's right there. Every time I see this boy, he's about 6 in taller than the last time I saw him. You're nothing but arms and legs. Masha Allah. Congratulations. Taib, next is Maryam Campbell. Maryam Campbell. Maryam Campbell. She's here. Is she here? Okay, the Campbell tribe is taking over. Okay, next is Omar Sahtout. Omar Sahtout. Is that how you say your last name, Sahtout? Okay, congratulations. Very good, Omar. Very well-mannered young man. Next is Deena Elkhayyat.

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Masha Allah, Deena. Very good. Okay, next is Muhammad Hijazi.

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Next is Aqib Hussain. Aqib Hussain. I don't think they're here. Aqib Hussain, he's not here. Okay, next is Majid Mostafa. Majid Mostafa. Or is it Majeed? Sometimes it's hard to tell. Majeed Mostafa. Okay. All right, next is Surat Al-Mujadila. Surat Al-Mujadila. This is level number five. And we have one person with a 96 score, excellent score. Qamar Abu Awwad.

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Masha Allah, Qamar mithl al-qamar. That's a very high score, young lady. Tayyib, moving on to level number six. It says five, but it's actually six. And that is Surat Shu hadha? Surat What is it? Tahar. Surat al-Tahar. Shu Surat al-Tahar? Surat al-Tahrim. Okay, made me nervous. I thought there was a surah of the Quran that I'm just learning about. Surat al-Tahrim. And this is also, I guess, level number five. It's listed here as number five. 89% Alisha Husnain.

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On her shoulder, ready to slay. Okay. Very good habit, don't leave your purse behind. Tayyib, moving on to level number six. this is Surat al-Hadid. Surat al-Hadid. Not an easy surah. It's a very with a shabah with a 100%.

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That's an impressive score there, masha Allah. Hamad Muhammad. Next is Adam Namour. Adam Namour. He's got the guns out, right? The sun's out. God has guns out. Okay, number three, also 99% score, Husaiya Abu Awad. Very high score.

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99% score if I tried right now. Masha Allah. Next is Mariam Abdul Aziz. With a 94% score. Honestly, they were This must have been real hard to judge because you've got 199 99 94. I mean, this is impressive scoring there. Masha Allah. Very good. Very hard work. Also with 94 is Yaseen Muhammad.

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And you are brothers with Yaseen, right? Or brothers with Hamad. So, Hamad beat you beat you out today, huh? Okay. I don't know if you're going to just let that happen. You're just going to walk and just Okay. Next is Mahdiya Muhammad. This is your sister, Mahdiya Muhammad. Mahdiya Muhammad. Masha Allah. So, we have three siblings fighting tooth and nail. All of them all three of them Hafiz. Masha Allah. This is your certificate. Masha Allah. Very good. So, three Hafiz out of this household. It's incredible. next place, which is at 89 89 out of 100. I mean, it was a very close very close. Ali Lucas. Ali Lucas. Ali Lucas not here? Okay. And then moving on to Surat ar-Rahman. Surat ar-Rahman, we have four winners here with a 100% perfect score. Dawood Jan.

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Okay, next is Lara Hassan. Lara Hassan, this is the second sister to win. This is Dr. Asim's daughter. Both two daughters won here tonight. And 95% that is very impressive. Next is with 89% Aisha Labib. Come on up, Aisha Labib. Labib. You can get it for your sister. Is she being bashful? Okay, next is with an 88% score, Hisham Ahmed. Hisham Ahmed.

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The last one is not here? Yes. Mashallah, tabarakallah, that was an incredible feat, a great achievement for our youth. We've got 52 of our children have memorized very lofty very lofty chapters of the Quran. So, this is actually incredible. This is no small feat. And so, as a community, what one of us does reflects on the whole. One of us, what one of us does. One. Even one of our children. Each of our children represents the whole. So, when one of us fails, we've all failed, and when one of us achieves, we've all achieved. So, mashallah, a big thanks to the teachers, the judges, jazakallahu khairan, and a big thanks to the parents for their hard work and their diligence with their children. And inshallah, until the next Quran competition, we'd also to thank our coordinators, our youth coordinators that have graciously worked hard to put this together, Zakariya and Malik and the rest of the youth coordinators, jazakallahu khairan. on behalf of all of us, we thank you very much for your hard work and your diligence. jazakallahu khairan.

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Amen.

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I got it. I got 100. Yeah, yeah. I was thinking of it. I got it. I got to get out. No. I don't know what I'm doing.

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