 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Respected teachers, parents, honorable judges, and esteemed guests, welcome to MCC Sunday School's 12th Annual Year and Celebration. My name is Fawaz. My name is Nofoo. My name is Jannah. And my name is Amina. And we have the honor of being your MCs for today, inshallah. Today is the day of celebration, a day to celebrate your child's growth and excellence in the studies of the Quran and Islam. Today we will highlight pieces of that during our program. Okay, let's go over some house rules. If I could have your attention to go over some house rules. There's absolutely no food or drinks in the prayer hall. Please refrain from blocking the stage when taking pictures. You may have noticed that we have a professional photo booth set up at the back of the ladies prayer hall. There you can take pictures of your winners today at the end of the program. Please keep all aisles and exits open. Seating layout has been marked by the blue tape. Please make sure you are sitting on the blue tape. Audience, in a respect of our program, please silence your phones. If you have any questions during our program, you may direct your attention to any of the dedicated volunteers. Early last year, MCC Sunday School piloted a new program in partnership with the nonprofit organization Mohsen to provide an inclusive Islamic community based learning environment to our special needs students and their families. We now have a dedicated special needs classroom that is designed to cater to all of the needs of the students. Our volunteers dedicate their time, their compassion and their energy to ensure that our students have a fun and safe learning environment. With the sincere efforts of our coordinator, Brother Farooq Hassan, our lead special needs teacher, Sister Naheed Imran and very dedicated volunteers, Alhamdulillah, our Mohsen class is in its second year. Please give your utmost attention to our Mohsen class led by their Islamic teacher, Brother Muhammad Sokhar in the recitation of Surah al-Fatiha. Thank you Mohsen class for a wonderful recitation. It takes courage to get up in front of a large audience and we are proud of you. Now would I like to call upon our respected principal, Sister Shyma for a few words. Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Respected guest judges, Imam Tahir, Kari Amar, Hafiz Abdul Razzaq, board of directors, board of trustees, MCC parents and students, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of you on our 12th annual year and celebration. Alhamdulillah, along with our dynamic curriculum and wonderful teachers, we have had an eventful school year with the introduction of many new and exciting additions to our Sunday school program that were well received by the student body. New to our program were an artificial intelligence workshop from NVIDIA led by Brother Ahmad and Emergency Preparedness by Brother Rehan, our first in-house art competition led by Sister Sara and Sister Zanobia, two successful field trips led by Brother Basil and Sister Mariam, the initiation of the new high school student volunteer program led by Brother Daniel and inshallah today our upcoming quiz bowl by Brother Ahmad and Brother Rubin and our first ever individual Quranic competition led by Sister Abir. It's the countless hours of our volunteers and the dedication to our school that makes MCC Sunday School what it is today. JazakAllah Khair for all your efforts. Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Ian Ear and team, Brother Anise, Sister Selma, Sister Fatima, Sister Sara and our invaluable core team consisting of Sister Razia, Brother Farukh Maniar, Brother Farukh Hassan, Brother Zubair for putting together this celebration for us today. May Allah reward all your efforts. Our students and staff have worked very hard to bring you a fun, filled and exciting program. Please take a seat and enjoy the celebration. Assalamu alaikum. On behalf of the MCC staff, students and parents, we would like to thank our esteemed and well-loved Principal Sister Shaima and Vice Principal Sister Razia. We thank you for the endless hours you have dedicated to our Sunday School. Without your committed guidance, we would not be able to host today's event. For all that the two of you do, we are extremely grateful. May Allah bless you and your families. Please give your attention to our tiniest students, the Pre-K class, led by Sister Siddiqa, Siddhi Nashid. Allah made everything. Good job, Pre-K. Next, we have our kindergarten class led by Sister Insia, Sister Afshan, Siddhi Nashid, Ya Nabisa, Allah Malayka. Allah and His angels sent prayers upon the Prophet. O you who believe, sent your prayers upon Him and salute Him with all respect. Aya 56, Suda Azad. Masha Allah, Kinder. Wonderful job. Next, we have our first grade class led by Sister Nida, Sister Yasmeen, and Sister Sara, Siddhi Nashid, Bismillah. That was great. We thank all of our littlest students for practicing and putting their best efforts forward. We will now begin our first ever individual elementary Quran competition led by Sister Abiyah. Our Quranic team led by Sister Abiyah had a desire to inspire the kids to learn Quran beyond the assigned curriculum and increase the love of learning and memorizing the Holy Quran. Alhamdulillah, we had a great response to 29 qualifying participants between levels one and four which 12 finalists have been nominated. Three students from each grade, please give your utmost attention to our students as they set up and get ready for the recitation. We will begin with the first grade finalists, Kayhan Shahn, Qasim Ashfaq, and Layal Hilal. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdara, kayfa fa'ala Rabbuka bi ashaab al-feel Alhamdya jahal kaydahum fi taqdeel Wa arsal alayhim ta'iran ababeel Tarmihim bi hijarat masjil Fa jahalahum qasim Alhamdara, kayfa fa'ala Rabbuka bi ashaab al-feel Alhamdya jahal kaydahum fi taqdeel Wa arsal alayhim ta'iran ababeel Next, our second-grade finalist, Siam Ikram, Tassan Saida, and Zubair Ahmed. Siam Ikram, Tassan Saida, and Zubair Ahmed. Siam Ikram, Tassan Saida, and Zubair Ahmed. Masha'Allah, such great recitations. We will now have our third-grade finalist, Mutasum Ali Said, Asba Ahmed, and Rayyan Kamal. Siam Ikram, Tassan Saida, and Zubair Ahmed. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Masha'Allah, those were great recitations as well. Lastly, we have our fourth-grade finalist, Mahdi Saktar. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Masha'Allah, wonderful recitations by all of the students. The judges are scoring, and insha'Allah, the winners for each grade will be announced during the awards portion of this celebration. Now we will proceed to the Quranic class presentations. Insha'Allah, we will begin with the first grade, led by our teacher's brother Imad, sister Hanane, and sister Razvi Sultana reciting Surah al-Kafiru. Second grade will now perform reciting Surah al-Fiyal, led by sister Marwah, sister Abab, and sister Sahar. Insha'Allah, wonderful job, second grade. We now have third grade with the recitation of Surah al-Kathur, led by teachers sister Fatin, sister Amira, and brother Abdulrahman. On stage is our fourth grade class A and B, led by teachers brother Taha, brother Aden. They will now say for you Surah al-Alam. Wonderful job, fourth grade. So, ready for us on stage is now fifth grade, led by teachers brother Junaid, brothers Ahir reciting for us Surah al-Mukh. Please, number two. It was... We've learned over the course of this semester. So, Insha'Allah, we have a very short quiz competition for just four C. There are nine questions. So, we're going to go ahead and get started. Please don't join this. Let's see the screen, four C. We have two teams. What does at-team mean? Majority, Minority, Majesty, or Mangi? The answer is Majesty. Next question. What does Makharij mean? Enter, exit, empty, or earache? What does Al-Ghunna mean? Navy, name, noun, or nasal? Next question. What are the letters of Ghunna? Of, and wow, and if, and calf, or noon and mean? The answer is noon and mean. What is the theme of Surah Al-A'la? Is that revelation, reverse, revolving, or retrospect? Revelation. Revelation. Next question. The first word of Surah Al-A'la means what? Read, read, write, or read? Read, excuse me, read, read, write, or read? The correct answer is read. Which angel revealed the Qur'an? Is it Jibreem, Jibreem, Gabriel, or the Holy Spirit? Jibreem. Question. Question. Where was Surah Al-A'la revealed? Cave of Hiraat, cave of hamburger, or cave of hands? Cave of Hiraat. Very good job. Class four C. And now we will have our sixth grade classes led by Brother Yusuf, Brother Mujahad, and Brother Muhammad. First, we will be having classroom 6A, reciting Ayat 1-5 of Surah Hujarat. Read back. So much 6A for your recitation. Do not turn yet. This is the translation of Ayat 1. Believe, do not put yourselves before Allah in His messenger and fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing. All you who believe do not raise your voices above the voice of the prophet, nor speak aloud to him and talk as you speak, aloud to one another. Lest your deeds may be rendered vain while you proceed not. Indeed, those who lower their voices in the presence of Allah's messengers, they are the ones whose hearts Allah has tested for righteousness. For them forgiveness and a great reward. Indeed, those who call you from behind the apartment, most of them have no sense. And if they had patience until you could come out to them, it would have been better for them. Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful. Surah Hujarat was revealed after certain people were being very disrespectful to the prophet. Referring to the translation for Ayat 4, the travelers came and called O Muhammad from his apartment. The Surah Al-Hujarat goes over certain mannerisms when in the prophet's presence, such as lowering your voices and how you should respect the prophet. Now jazakala for 6a for doing the recitation and the translation. And now we're going to have 6b, du'ayah 6-8 for Surah Al-Hujarat. So in ignorance, then you become regretful over what you have done. I know that the messenger of Allah is among you. If he were to obey you in most of the matter, you would be in difficulty. But Allah has endured the faith to you and made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief and wrongdoing and disobedience. It is those who are rightly guided. A bounty from Allah and a favor. And Allah is all-knowing all of us. And now for some light commentary. Okay, for ayat number 6. In this ayah, Allah SWT, the exalted ordered investigating the news that sinners and the wicked bring. To make sure of its authenticity and to not blindly accept whatever the corrupted and sinners may tell you. For ayat number 7, Allah SWT is telling us that the prophet peace be upon him is among us. Though he is physically not present among us now, but he is with us through his teaching. We can find him in the Qur'an and the books of hadith. We can also find him in the pious people who are emulating him. We are commanded to follow the prophet peace be upon him as he fully knows what is beneficial for us. Elsewhere in the Qur'an, Allah SWT informs us that it deeply troubles the prophet peace be upon him if any hardship touches us. This shows that the prophet peace be upon him loves us more than anyone can love us. There are other hadith that prove this point. May Allah SWT enable us to reciprocate this love. And now for ayat number 8. In reality, it is the bounty and favor of Allah SWT that he guides whom he wants. He is all knowing and all wise. And may I ask you all to make a quick du'rah. We ask Allah SWT to bestow his favors and guidance on us to make his obedience beloved and disobedience hateful to our hearts. We ask him to include us among those who are rightly guided. Mashallah, wonderful job sixth grade. We now have our seventh grade girls ready on stage led by sister Dina. They will be reciting verses 11-13 from Surah Al-Hujrat. As-salamu alaykum. Today I am Amina and today I am going to read Surah 49 Al-Hujrat. Ayah 11-13 today. Wala nisa'um min nisa'in asa'in yakuna khairan min hunna Wala talmizu anfusakum wala tanabalu bilalqab Bisa lismul fusuku baqdal iman Umallam yatufa ula'ikahumul lalimun Ya ayyuhal ladina ama nujtanibu kaseeran minalzani Inna baqdal zani ism Wala tajassasu wala yakhtab baqdukum baqda Ayyuhibbu ahadukum ayyakul ala maakhihi Maytan zakiritumu Wattakullah inna allaha tawabur rahim Ya ayyuhal nasu inna khalakna kum min zakirun wa ansa Waj'alna shu'uban wa qaba ila li ta'arafu Inna akramakum inna allahi atkakum Inna allahi alimun khabeer Sadakallahu azeem Today I will be telling you about the translation of ayah 11, 12, and 13 of Surah Majrah In ayah 11 Allah says, O you who believe, neither should men mock other men It may be that these are better than they Nor should women mock other women It may be that these are better than they And do not insult one another among yourselves Or call one another by nicknames That is the name of disobedience after faith And whoever does not repent Then it is those who are the wrongdoers In ayah 12 Allah says, O you who believe, avoid much of suspicion Indeed some suspicious are sins And do not spy, nor should any one of you backbite the other Would any among you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother You would hate it And fear Allah Indeed Allah is an sector of repentance and all merciful In ayah 13 Allah says, O mankind, we have created you from a male and a female And made you into nations and tribes That you may know one another Verily the most honorable view with Allah Is that who has al-Dakwa Verily Allah is all knowing, all aware Dakwa is being mindful of Allah Insha'Allah I hope all of you will be able to attain Dakwa Assalamu alaykum My name is Najman Today I will be telling you what I have learned from ayahs 11, 12, and 13 And surah al-Fajr ad-Dawd And how it relates in our daily lives What I learned from verse 11 is that In our daily lives People these days should not mock each other with bad nicknames Neither should we follow the path of the wrongdoers But follow the path of the Muslims That repent to Allah What I learned in verse 12 is that In our daily lives We should not backbite and gossip Around people's back when they are not looking All of us in this room should have integrity in us Integrity means that doing the right thing Even when no one is looking Allah is in front of Allah Also said to avoid backbiting as much as you can Or you will eat the dead flesh of your brother What I learned from verse 13 is that In our daily lives Allah has created you as a boy or a girl And you should respect what gender Allah has given you By not changing it Why Allah did this is because You need to recognize and know each other And the only way to do that Is to create two different tribes The boys and the girls Masha'Allah a wonderful job Our seventh grade girls Our last group on the stage Will be the eighth grade class Led by Sister Dina They will be reciting verses 17 and 18 Of Surah Al-Hujarat Assalamu Alaikum My name is Jannah My name is Isha'Allah My name is Maria My name is Halima And my name is Hadya I seek refuge with Allah From the accursed Satan In the name of Allah The Merciful, the Merciful May Allah grant us peace May Allah grant us peace May Allah grant us peace May Allah grant us peace May Allah grant us peace If you are truthful The meaning of this verse is They consider a favor to you That they have accepted Islam Say, do not consider your Islam As a favor to me But Allah has done favor upon you That he has guided you to the face If you are truthful May Allah grant us peace May Allah grant us peace May Allah grant us peace The meaning behind this verse is Indeed Allah knows the unseen Of the heavens and the earth And Allah is this all seer Of what we do These ayats teach us two important lessons Ayat 17 teaches us That we are Muslims for ourselves We are not Muslims to do We are Muslims so we can go to Jannah Allah has done us a favor By guiding us to the right faith In Ayat 18 it teaches us That Allah is always watching us Just because other people aren't watching you That doesn't mean Allah is not He is the all seer of what you do This teaches us to always be cautious Of our actions even if we are alone Mashallah, wonderful job 8th grade This concludes the Quranic class presentations In a few moments we will start our new And improved quiz bowl competition Which promises to be a very exciting treat For our inquisitive audience Brother Ahmed and brother Ruban Have been working very hard in leading this program This year to give MCC Sunday school An innovative and interactive format For our students to enjoy Will all the participants of the quiz Will please proceed to the stage To join their respective teams Brother Ahmed if you can come up here as well And say a few words about the next program Okay, so Masha Allah this year We have 108 students Registered for the quiz bowl Masha Allah And for the first qualifying test So of course we cannot Make teams to accommodate everyone So unfortunately we had to do Elimination test So we did first qualifying test And then we had tie breakers We did the second qualifying test And Masha Allah today we have 56 participants Divided into four teams Every team Every team has a representative From first grade all the way to high school So today the competition will be like that Imam Tahir jazallah khair And brother Ruban jazamullah khair Will say one question per grade We are going to start from first grade And first grade representative Only per team will be allowed To answer the question They have iPad in their hand Okay, please, please So they have iPad in their hand And first grader will have the iPad For first question Once Imam Tahir repeats the questions The four answer will be on the screen With colors The colors only will show on the device So the student has to pick The color representative The correct answer Every team answer the question correctly Will get points The fastest team will get extra points After finishing question one We'll go to question two to grade two And so on third, fourth, fifth All the way to high school And then we'll be question number ten As a group question Once we finish round one We're going to repeat round two the same thing If we have time we're going to go to round three But now we're going to go for two rounds Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem As-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh This is a question for the first grade At what age did the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam become a prophet And the answer is C 40 years Next question What does the sunnah mean? Third grade Who was Ishaq alayhi sallatu wa sallam's mother? Next grade level fourth grade Who was the leader of the Makkan Quresh army At the battle of Badr? Alright, next question for fifth grade How long was the period of revelation For the Quran? Sixth grade Which of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam's wives Kept the preliminary copy of the Quran safe Until the third Khalifa took charge of it Seventh grade In the story of Yusuf alayhi sallam Who accused Yusuf alayhi sallam? Grade eight, eighth grade The chain of narrators for Hadith were known as Ninth grade and high school Where did the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Make the two secret pledges With the people of Medina Okay, we have an entire group question This is for everyone Is everyone ready? Okay, what was the year of the first revelation? Okay, next question First grade First grade Thank you At what city Or in what city was the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam born? Okay, second grade Second grade Second grade At what age did the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam's mother Amina pass away? Third grade, is everyone ready? Third grade, is third grade ready? Okay To whom did the Prophet Isa jesus alayhi sallam Peace be upon him come as a prophet Fourth grade What was the name of the Persian slave Who killed umar radiya allahu anha Okay, fifth grade Which surah in the holy Quran Discusses the battle of Badr in details Alright, sixth grade Who are the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam's daughters? Seventh grade The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam married 13 women How many took place How many took place between the ages of 55 and 60 Well, we can carry on with this one Alright, eighth grade During the mission of Tabuk Who was appointed the governor of Medina Alright, five seconds left Ninth grade in high school Where did the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam live The first two years of his life And this is for the entire group Last question Why does the following ayah On the finality of the prophet On the finality of the prophet state Why was this ayah revealed? This is the end, thank you so much for the Ahmed Winning team Abu Bakr Please come up and receive your medals Team Abu Bakr They said it would take an hour An amazing art competition took place on March 17th Led by sister Sara Beg and sister Zinuba Latif We had a great amount of interest And had over 120 registrants During the art competition that day Students expressed their individual interpretations And love of Islam Through different creative mediums These art pieces were judged On a rubric based on interpretation Creativity and technique By sister Salma Chaudhary And sister Sadia Qureshi Sister Shyma, please come up onto the stage To present the winner medals For the art competition Winners, as you hear your names Please come up on stage to receive your medal Certificate and gift Audience, please hold your applause until the end Competition, every kid's a winner And they will be celebrated in their individual classrooms First, the second grade art competition The winners are In second place, Daseen Saeeda And in first place, Adam Ali Art competition The winners are In second place, Sami Sikdar And in first place, Alina Khan Alina's first place For the third grade art competition No wait, I did third grade For the fourth grade art competition The winners are In second place, Hasnati And in first place Umayza Anwar In fifth grade, the art competition winners are In second place, Heba Adib And in first place, Sara Memon For the sixth grade art competition The winners are In second place, Ayaz Ahmed And in first place, Ismail Bey For the seventh grade art competition The winners are In second place, Amina Amir And in first place, Amina Anjum Yeah, Amina Anjum is first For the eighth grade art competition The winners are In second place, Sofia Roshan And in first place, Halima Adik First grade is Halima Winners of the high school art competition The winners are In second place, Aliza Shahab And in first place, Sadia Hussein All for participating in this year This year in our first in-house art competition And congratulations to all of our Art winners for this year This year, we asked our teachers To select the best overall Achieving student of their class In chronic and Islamic From level three The results are in I would like to call Our respected Imam Tahrir To come up and present medals To our best overall achieving students For this year Students, please come up on stage When you hear your names called To receive your medals, certificates, and a gift Audience, please hold your applause Until the list is read For Islamic studies, our best achievers From level three are Amina Sheikh Fadhil Qudbadin And Muhammad Noman Quresh Amina Sheikh Fadhil Qudbadin And Muhammad Noman Quresh Our best achiever from level four Is Anissa Khan and Muhammad Parikh Anissa Khan Our best achievers from level five are Really loud, really loud Our best achievers from level five are Hiba Adib Saif Jalani and Aya El Qassi Our best achiever from level six Is Sama Hussain Our best achiever from level seven is Hafsa Momin Our best achiever from level eight is Jannat Beg For Quranic studies Our best achiever from level three is Sakina Ahmed and Amina Sheikh Sakina Ahmed and Amina Sheikh Our best achievers from level four Is Ryan Dalala Our best achievers from level five are Nuhah Khan and Zafar Qasim And Bilal Ashraf Can we repeat level five again? Our best achievers from level five are Nuhah Khan, Zafar Qasim and Bilal Ashraf Our best achiever from level six is Alina Saarosh Our best achiever from level seven is Hafsa Momin and Sohail Qassi Our best achievers from level eight are Saim Hussain and Hadiya Ashfaq Follow upon Imam Bahar to come up and announce the awards for the best elementary level Quranic class presentation and the best middle school level Quranic class presentations Winning classes please come up to receive your trophy certificates and gifts when the winners are announced And our winning class for elementary is Level four So please come up and get your awards Level four All level four students please come up to the stage All of level four please come to the stage And so now the winning class for best middle school level Quranic presentation is Level eight Please come to the stage to get your certificates, gifts and picture And now for the winners of the individual Quranic reciter competition I would like to request our respected Gari Amr to come up To present the awards for the winners of the competition Winners please come up and receive your medals Certificates and gifts as your name is announced And the winner is For grade one, first place is Layal Hilal Second place is Qayyan Shahn And third place is Qasim Ashfaq And third grade are First place, Tassan Saida And second place, Zubair Ahmed And third place, Saim Ikram And our winners for third grade are Our winners for third grade are In first place, Motasim Ali Saeed In second place, Asba Ahmed And in third place, Rayyan Kamal And our fourth grade winners are In first place, Limar Al-Zayat In second place, Mahdi Sikdar And in third place, Niyal Shahn This concludes the winners announcement for today's program Next on our program is the open house As-Salam-Alaikum So one thing which we wanted to keep to the last But that is the best part is our group With whom we started the program Our Mohsin kids Who are the special kids of this school Who we love dearly So inshallah, Imam Tahir Would be awarding them I am going to call the names And inshallah they will be awarded by Imam Tahir And Qari Ahmed Anisha Faizi They deserve a round of applause They are the worst hardworking kids in this school Safan Sadik And Sakina Imad Takbir Allahu Akbar I want to go this way carefully Alhamdulillah This concludes the winners announcements for today's program Next on our program is the open house Students have prepared work and short presentations In their classrooms to highlight their achievements In Islamic studies In your class, in your child's classroom Your students will receive their report cards And certificates of completion And a special gift for your child Before we conclude Sister Razia has finally showed up in the prayer house Who would like to award her With the gift that we were going to give her At the beginning of the assembly Sister Razia, could you please come to the stage So we can give you your gift You either heard your name or your child's name And you were not on the stage Please come to the awards table To the side to collect your award On behalf of MCC Sunday School And my fellow MCs I would like to thank all of you for attending The 12th annual end of year program