Ismail Londt – Reminders and Advice for contestants

			When participating as a contestant
in a hive memorization competition
		

			or a tilawa kirawat competition,
		

			the obvious reminder for all is to
be as sincere as can be. It's
		

			difficult on a competition level,
but we are reciting the word of
		

			Allah,
		

			and he hears before anyone else.
So we sit there with an inner
		

			prayer that he accepts from us,
		

			and he keeps us humble, and he
keeps us focused. And then,
		

			even if we do not gain a position
through our efforts,
		

			may it be that someone sitting in
the audience, someone listening,
		

			someone watching, be inspired and
motivated to reconnect, or to
		

			increase the level of relationship
and interaction with the Quran, so
		

			that, Inshallah,
		

			with additional efforts,
additional efforts by those whom
		

			we inspire, we may also benefit
and share in any potential reward
		

			down the line.
		

			I mean, that should be the pre
		

			and then on a competition level,
		

			there are participants who are
extremely strong in their memory,
		

			and there are others who are
extremely talented in the vocal
		

			ability, but they lose unnecessary
points where
		

			the clarity of the sounds of the
letters are concerned clarity and
		

			the quality of the letters, empty,
being empty, full, being full, no
		

			distortion, no doubt in the
adjudicators ears they will
		

			deduct, and that's where you lose
unnecessary points. Number one, so
		

			clarity and quality of the letters
and number two, the
		

			applied rules. Everyone knows to
pull a gunna or to apply Huna in
		

			certain places, and everyone knows
regarding the extended, long
		

			bells, the mud, the mudud for a
year.
		

			So obviously you're not going to
leave out of Huna where gunna is
		

			required. You're not going to
leave out a mud where mud is
		

			required. But on a competition
level, especially, you have to be
		

			consistent in how you apply them.
The lengths of the Runa,
		

			the rules should not suffer
because of melody,
		

			the length of the Runa and the
length of the Mad FARA, the length
		

			of the extended vowels, sometimes
even in the head competition,
		

			you have certain winners longer
than others, or other winners
		

			shorter than others, or the links
of the mud are inconsistent. Those
		

			are all unnecessary points that
are lost, unnecessary points that
		

			will be deducted. And you find
some competitors surprised after
		

			the competition because they
expected
		

			through the through the mistake
free, flawless hymn dish, or
		

			through the melodic and strong,
expressive
		

			telawa rendition, they expected
some position and rank.
		

			But they are surprised when they
do not get those ranks in
		

			positions, not realizing that they
were neglectful in regard to the
		

			the quality of the sounds of the
letters and how they apply the
		

			rules. And then there is, there is
another cause for deduction of
		

			points, and that is incorrect
stopping and incorrect
		

			recommencing within the ayah, and
that that is something independent
		

			that we as non Arabic speaking
reciters should be looking at. And
		

			we are looking into it Inshallah,
		

			trying to get some form of
standardization and guidelines
		

			where that is concerned. So we
pray for everyone, and we request
		

			everyone's prayers as well. And
may it be that our efforts in
		

			spending more time with the Quran,
that these efforts are accepted,
		

			and through these efforts, we all
become eligible for Divine Mercy
		

			in this world and the next, and
that Allah counts us all amongst
		

			the true companions of his book. I
mean Assalamualaikum,
		

			warahmatullahi, wabarakatuh.