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:قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم

إن من الشعر لحكمة و إن من البيان لسحرا

The Messenger of Allah, Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said:

"Indeed some forms poetry are wisdom and some forms

of speech are magical."

Bukhari

Participation Terms:

1. Participant should be living in US.

2. The poem should be a genuine personal work. Not copied

3. Both languages English and Arabic are acceptable. However, in case of a participant wants to

submit his/her work in a different language he/she should get prior approval for the organizer.

4. Under all circumstances, any work submitted in a language other than the English, should be

accompanied by a translation of the meaning at the same time. If it is submitted without translation it will be rejected.

5. A fee of $10.00 shall be send with the participation form. Submissions without the fees will not

be considered.

6. No hand written copies will be accepted.

7. Any participant can submit more than one poem or cover more than one topic from the following

list. However, he will get only one prize. These topics are arranged alphabetically and not according to their priorities;

Community service

Diversity and Tolerance.

Giving advise to others (naseeha)

Environment

The Hijrah (Migration to Madina)

Independence day

Islamic education

Kindness to kids

Kindness to neighbors

Kindness to parents

Kindness to poor, elderly, senior citizens, and handicapped

Love of Allah

Love of prophet and his wives (The Mothers of Believers)

Love of the land

Modesty and Islamic dress

Muslim Character and Morals

Praise and condemn

The Quran

Volunteering

Youth in Islam

8. The registration/participation/enrolment form should be submitted via email. Any missing entries will result in the application returned back to the sender which results in delays and missing the deadlines.

9. The deadline is The Independence day July 4th, 2008. Due to expected high volume, the organizers will reject any submission after the deadline. (Deadline extended to July 31, 2008)

10. The Awards ceremony will be on September 6, 2008 (Extended to October 18, 2008)

11. Valuable prizes at grade levels will be given to the 1st to 3rd winners.

12. Another classification is numbers 1, 2 and 3 in their respective states.

13. A celebration will be held in Metro Washington area.

14. A collection of the poems will be printed ahead of time and will available to buy at the awards ceremony.

15. Free dinner will be served for the participants and others will be charged reasonable charges to help in covering the cost of the celebration event. Depending on the funds available at the time, the 1st winner of each grade level will be granted tickets to fly to Washington DC area.