How To Memorize The Quran
How To Memorize The Quran
izeTheQur
an
Inthi spost,you’lllearnoneoft hemostef fectivestrategi
esI’veevercomeacr ossfordoingyour
hifzoft heQur anandbui ldi
ngaver ycloserelat i
onshipwithAl l
ah(swt)inthepr ocess…
**Ifyouwantt oknowwhat ’sreal
lybeenbl ocki ngyourattempt stodohi f
z,cli
ckher etot akethe
Naf s-MasteryAssessment* *
So, thishif
zt echniquewast aughtbyt heAlger ianShaykhZakar iyaal-
Siddiqiwhot eachesatt he
Institut
eofHumanSci encesinFr anceandi soneoft heforemostscholarsofQur ant oday.
Hememor isedi tbyt heageof9anddedi catedhi slifetostudyingandt eachingit,andheonce
toldust hest oryofoneofhi sfri
ends.Hisfriendwasanengi neeri
ngstudent ,
whowasa‘ Fresher’
aboutt oembar kona5yeardegr ee.Let’
scal lhim Ahmed…
Ahmedwasani ntell
igentstudentwhof ol
lowedoneoft heoft-f
orgot
tenSunnah’ soft hepr ophet
Ti
p1:
WakeUpEar
ly
Hewokeupear l
ierthanmostpeopl
e.Infact
,hewokeupont imet ogett
ot heMosquetopray
Faj
reveryday.Whenhegothomef r
om themosque,i
nsteadofbusyi
nghimselfwi
ththei
nter
net
orwatchi
ngtelevisi
on,hespentt
hefi
rstf
ewmi nut
esofeachdaymemor i
singtheQur
an.
QuranMemor i
zation
Ti
p2:
EachDayMemor
iseLessThanYouThi
nkYouCan
Ahmedmadeaf ir
m commitmenttomemorisetheQuran,
buti
nst
eadofr
ushi
nginandtryi
ngto
memoriseoneort wopageseachday( l
ikehisfri
endswhogaveupbef
orel
ong),heconfi
ned
hi
mselftolear
ning5li
nesperday.
Thi
swor kedouttobeabout20-
30minut
esperdayforhim.
QuranMemor i
zati
on
Ti
p3:
GetFami
li
arFi
rst
Inordert
oovercomet heini
ti
alunf
ami l
iar
it
ywiththenewver
ses, hespentthefi
rstf
ewminut
es
eachdayactual
lywrit
ingoutthe5l
inesofthatdayontoasmallsheetofpaper.
Hespentt henextfew minut
esreci
tingthem overandover
,andt henattemptedtomemori
se
them.
QuranMemor i
zati
on
Ti
p4:
KeepToday’
sVer
sesCl
oseAtHand
AsAhmedwentabouthi sday,heof tenfoundthathehadaf ew chunksoftime– several
minuteseach.Duringt
hesetimes,suchaswaiti
ngforthebus,
orwait
ingf
orateachert
oturnup
toaclass,Ahmedwoul dtr
ytoremembert he5li
nesfrom t
hatmor
ning.
Toaidhismemor y,hekeptthesheetthathewroteoutthatmor
ningfol
dedi
nhi spocket
,and
wouldpullitouti
fhewasstruggl
ing.
QuranMemor i
zat
ion
Ti
p5:
UseWhatYouMemor
iseI
nEver
ySi
ngl
eSal
ah
Tof ur
thersupporthismemor y,everyprayerhepr
ayedt hatday,hewoul
dr eci
tet
hesame5
versesofQuranthathel ear
nedt hatmor ni
ng.I
neachaka’ ,hewoul
dalt
ernatebet
weent
he5
li
nesfrom t
hatday,andthe5-1
0lineshelearnedt
heprevi
ousdays.Andremember…
Qur
anMemor
izat
ion
Ti
p6:
KeepTr
ackOfYourGoal
Wit
ht heUthmaniscriptoftheQuran,ther
eareexact
ly1
5linesperpage.So,byt
heendoft he
week,Ahmedhadnotonl ymemor i
sed2wholepagesoftheQuran,buthehadwri
tt
enthem out
i
nfull
,too…averyblessedactifevert
herewasone.
QuranMemor i
zat
ion
Ti
p7:
Per
fectYourTaj
weedAsYouGo
Ont heweekend,Ahmedwouldvi
sital ocalschol
arofQur
anreci
tat
ion,andwouldrevi
sewi
th
himt he2pageshehadjustmemorised,andhaveagoatthe2pageshewoul dbewor ki
ngon
thefoll
owingweek.Thi
sway,hewascer t
aintolear
ntheQuranwi t
haccurat
et aj
weedand
beautif
ulr
eci
tat
ion.
Ther
ewasoneot
hersecr
ett
oAhmed’
ssuccess.
TheSpi ritualSecr etsOfSuccessf ulMemor isat i
on…
Onceaweek,onaweekendeveni ng( usuallyonaFr i
dayni ght )
,Ahmedwoul dwakeupi nthe
middl eoft heni ght ,andpr ayTahaj jud.Dur inghi sspeci alTahaj judprayer,Ahmedwoul drecit
e
thewhol et wopageshehadl earnedt hatweek, andconsol idatet hem.
Atthispoi nt
,theShaykhment ionedt hatper hapsoneoft her easonssof ewpeopl emanaget o
wakeupanddot hisspeci alpr ayer ,whichi shi ghlyrecommendedbyt heQur anandbyour
belovedPr ophet( Asaw) ,i
sthatwedon’ thaveanyt hingtor ecite.
Wehav esol it
tleQur anmemor isedt hatther e’snof unorenj oymenti nthechal lengeofwaki ng
upf orTahaj jud,andweof tenfindevent hef ardpr ayersa‘chor e’inst
eadofapl easur e.
TheResul ts…
Youcani magi neAhmed’ sexcitementandf eeli
ngofachi evementandsuccess3mont hsaft
er
hest art
ed, whenhehadmemor isedt heentire1 stJuz!
It
’snotj ustthef eelingofsuccessandempower mentt hattheQur angavehi m, butal sothedeep
connect ionwi thAl l
ah( SWT)hef eltever ysingleday.
Youcanonl yimagi nehowpr oudhemusthavef eltofhimsel f
, whenupongr aduat ionAhmednot
onlyr eceiveda1 stcl assdegr eei nengi neer ing( hewas3 rdi nhiscl ass),buthehadal so
offi
ciall
ymemor isedt heenti
reQur an.Hewasahaf idh.
ShaykhZakar
iyapoi
ntedoutaf
inall
essonf
rom t
hisbl
essedbr
other.
Thebi ggestachievementhemadewasnott omemor i
set heQur an.Thebiggestachievementhe
madewast obedeepl yconnectedwiththeQuranever ysi
ngl edayfor5years.
Thatconnect i
onwi thAllah(SWT)i swhatmadeAhmedsospeci al.Thatdeepl i
nkwi ththe
Creatoriswhatkeepsl if
ei nperspecti
veandi swhathel pedAhmedt okeepont rackwi ththe
l
itt
leweekl ytargetshesetforhimself.
Onecanonl yimagi newhathappenedt oAhmed’ slevelsofpersonalfulfi
lment,
Imanandt aqwa,
ashewentbackever ysi
ngledayt odevelopthisri
tualofihsan( spi
ri
tualexcel
lence).Eachday
hewokeupf orFajrandwr oteoutanother5linesofQur an,hisself-
esteem andself-conf
idence
soared…
“Cant herewardf orexcel
lencebeanythingotherthanexcellence?”SurahRahman( 55:60)
1
3St
epst
oMemor
izet
heQur
anby
Yasi
rQadhi
Nadim Oct ober27, 2009 1 71Comment s
Duringoneofhi ssemi narabouttheSci encesoft heQur'an,Sh.YasirQadhishar edwi t
hus
somepr act
icalstepsthathelpedhim memor izetheQur'
andur i
nghisteenageyear s.
Realizei
t'
saspi r
itualANDphysicalproject
.It'
sami r
acleandblessi
ngf r
om Allah
thatyou'
reabletoabsor btheQur '
an.Ifyouwantt otakeadvantageoft hi
sblessing,youshoul
d
beinaposi ti
ontor eceiveitandther
eforestr i
vephysi
call
yt oachi
eveitandst r
ivespiri
tual
lyt
o
getthemaximum benef i
t.
1
.Si
ncer
it
y
Thef i
rstmatt
eryouhavet opayat t
enti
ont oisyouri nt
enti
on(ifyouint
endgoodyouwillget
good).Makesur ethatthei ntent
ionyouaremaki ngi sonlyforthesakeofAll
ah,toseekHi s
Pleasuresothatinsha'Al
lah,wi t
hHisMer cy,wewi llberewardedintheAakhir
ah.I
tisnott o
show offinfr
ontofot herst hatyouhavememor izedal ot
.Sinceri
tyisnotaoneti
mef actor
ratheri
t'
sacontinualbatt
lethatyoualwayshavetor enew4.
2.Consi
stency.
Themoref
requentl
yyoumemor i
ze,t
heeasi
eritbecomes.Iti
sveryessenti
altobeconsist
ent
,
andnottoski
pevenoneday.Ther eisnoweekendi nworshi
p.Thebar eminimum thatone
shoul
dmemorizeisatl
east3li
nes,
5ismoreideal
.Ifyouareconsi
stent
,insha'
All
ah,
youwi l
lbe
abl
etobehuff
adhin5-6year
s
3.Ti
ming.
Thef i
rstthingyoushoulddoi nt hedayi smemorize– evendosobef oreyourbreakf
ast,
becauset hi
sisyourspi
ri
tualbr
eakfast.Thebestt
imetomemor izei
sri
ghtaft
erFaj
r..(
Sh.Yasi
r
usedtot akeonehourtomemor izeapagei nthebegi
nning,andevent
ual
lycamedownt o15-
20
minutes)
4.At
mospher
e.
Haveasecl
udedplacetogot
oandmemor izei
naplacethatisquiet
.Youj
ustcan'
tmemor
ize
pr
oper
lywit
hdist
ract
ions,
sot
urnof
fal
lyourdevi
ces(
li
kecellphones)
5.Fami
li
ari
ty:
st
artatt
hesametime,att
hesameplaceanduset
hesamemushafever
yday.Youneedt o
haveyourowncopyoftheMushaf(
theMadaniMushafi
shi
ghl
yrecommended)
,itwi
lll
ater
becomesodeart
oyou.
6.NoMagi
ctr
ick:
r
epeat
,repeat
,repeat,overandoveragai
n.I
tisj
ustr
epet
it
iver
eci
tat
ionand/
orl
ist
eni
ngt
hat
wil
lhel
ptomemor ize.
7.Memor
izewi
tht
hemeani
ng:
r
eadt
het
ransl
ati
onbef
oreyoust
artandt
ryt
omat
cht
heAr
abi
cwor
dswi
tht
hei
rmeani
ngs
8.Sur
roundyour
sel
fwi
thr
eci
tat
ion:
l
ist
entotheQur'
an.Bef
oreyoustartmemori
ze,l
ist
ent
owhatyouareaboutt
omemor
ize.Sh.
Husaryi
shighl
yrecommended(seeheret
hebestr
esour
cest
ohelpyoumemori
ze)
9.Fi
ndar
eci
tat
ionbuddy:
getafri
end,af
amilymemberorsomeoneyouknowwhowilll
ist
ent
oyourreci
tat
ionever
yday.
I
deall
y,getsomeonewhoisal
somemor i
zingt
ocreat
eapeerpr
essur
esyst
em.
1
0.Reci
tedai
lyi
nyoursal
ahwhatyouhavememor
ized.
I
fyouf or
getoneporti
on,youwil
limmediatel
yrusht
owar
dst
heQur
'anandcor
rectyour
mist
akeandyouwil
lneverdot
hismi
stakeagai
n.
1
1.Tr
ipl
edai
lydose:
a)Newmemor izati
onatyourassignedt i
meoft heday
b)Revisionoft hepr evi
ous7days,justbef oreyoust artthenewmemor i
zati
on:Thi
sisbecause
thefastestt
hingyouf orgeti
sthenewmemor izat
ion.Anddoi ngso, wil
lalsobui
ldtheconnector
betweent heoldonesandt henew por ti
onyouar egoi ngtomemor i
ze.Plus,i
twi l
lbeagood
warm upf orthebr ainwhenyour ecallfrom yourmemor yandr eci
te,beforeyougointothereal
exerci
seofdoi ngt henewmemor i
zation.
c)Atal ater
/anot hertimeoftheday ,revisethosebef oretherecent7days.Thebar emi ni
mum
shouldbe4-5pages.
1
2.Donotj
umpar
ound.
Beconsi
stent.Don'tt
ryt
ogotoanothersur
ahi
fyoufindi
tdi
ff
icul
tandsti
cktot
heorder
.That
way,youwillhavethesat
isf
act
ionofhavi
ngcompl
etedajuzr
atherthanl
eavi
ngsomeporti
ons
her
eandther e.
1
3.Thet
hreechunks.Startfrom theback.Shortersurahswillbringyouabigboost.
Youshoulddividethememor i
zat
ionoft
heQur
'ani
nthr
eepar
ts:
a)Juz28,29,30orjustJuz29,
30
b)SurahAl-
Kahft i
llJuz28
c)SurahAl-
Baqar atoSurahAl
-Kahf
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