most fun i ever had today

[nyerekareem]

:salam2:

i usually get sundays and mondays off from work. it's kind of nice having 2 days off and all, but i never really enjoy my time off. very often i get disturbed or called by job to come in for emergency help, but today i was mostly alone by myself and i had a great time doing what i was doing. the most fun in months. what was i doing? i was memorizing surahs from the qur'an. i learned six today, i couldn't stop. i didn't think about tv or hanging out with friends or the internet or any troubles in the world.

i've always been amazed by the qur'an, but as i was reading it i envisioned what it must of been like for the prophet muhammad when these words were revealed to him. hearing myself recite the words in arabic, i said to myself: wow, these arabic words were the same words spoken in the revelation. i just began to wonder what the angel sounded like and i was just facinated by the thought. shaykh abdul-rahman sudais of masjid al-haram is my favorite recitor, but i could only imagine how much more beautiful jibril's recitation must have been. i just wanted to share this with you guys.

 

[extragame2]

MashaAllah that's very great. May Allah Tallah always make you and everyone happy.

 

[Happy 2BA Muslim]

Ma sha Allah Brother!!! Great news indeed. May Allah make it easy for you to memorize even more, until you you are a HAFIZ!!!

Advice: Try to review what you memorized every single day. Continuous revision is the key to a strong and solid memory, and never forgetting.

 

[shaheeda35]

Alhamdullilah!

:salam2:
Subhanallah!! that is just beautiful!! Allah has sent this beautiful Quran to us!! He is Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim!! Keep up the good work!! You really have to keep going over the suras, or you will forget, extremely important, inshallah!

 

[al-fajr]

Salam,

Does anyone have any tips on increasing ure memory when trying to learn Quran?

 

[Abdul-Raheem]

:salam2:

I don't have any tips for increasing memory, but there's one thing which has helped me a lot.

When memorising the Qur'an, try to read the english translation along with it or after every ayah (verse). Using a modern english translation like Muhsin Khan will help Soon, the meaning will be embedded into your memory and it'll also make it easier to memorise if you know don't know too much arabic like me or any at all. If you do however, just completely ignore this.....

wasalam

 

[al-fajr]

Salam,

Yeah ill check out Dr Muhsin Khan. my arabic is limited too.

will try it Inshallah.

Jazakallah.

 

[Happy 2BA Muslim]

Tips on memorizing the Qur’an

Tips on memorizing the Qur’an​

By Muhammad Alshareef

Notice the young brothers that memorized the Qur’an in your community, they are already pushed to the front of the congregation by virtue of their accomplishment. They, at this early start, are forced to contribute to the community and live a life of significance. Bi idhnillah. That’s what we all want. The Qur’an can do it for you.

But these gifts have a condition: the taqwa of Allah. There is one absolute naseeha that will make or break the persons drive to memorize the Qur’an: One must desist from sin! Ibn Mas’ood said, “I feel that indeed someone will forget knowledge they had a acquired because of sins they commit.”

When Abu Haneefah, rahimahullah, was confronted with a Fiqh Mas’alah that he was unable to conclude, he would get up and pray two raka’at in tawbah to Allah. These are people who truly knew the prize to be won. Allah ta’ala teaches us in the Qur’an:

"[Be conscious of Allah and Allah will teach you.]''

This knowledge is from Allah ta’ala, a gift. It makes no sense that someone spends their nights disobeying the gift-giver while awaiting His gifts in the morning.

Al-Khateeb reported in al-Jaami’ (2/387) that Yahya ibn Yahya said: “A man asked Maalik ibn Anas, ‘O Abu ‘Abd-Allaah! Is there anything that will improve my memory?’ Maalik ibn Anas, rahimahullah, replied, ‘If anything will improve it, it is giving up sin.” Bishr Alhaafee, rahimahullah, said "A servant commits a sin, and is deprived [thereby] of performing tahajjud."

One of the key: if you want your children to be effective in their Deen and their memorization of Qur’an, YOU have to be the one that you want your children to become. Do not let them see a contradiction.

When I was young, I did not want to go to a Qur’an school. Subhan Allah. I went to that Qur’an school, I went to Madinah University and here I am today. I recently received a beautiful email after giving a lecture to the Canadian Hujjaj, my father’s group. While I spoke, my father had his head up high, smiling and crying during the speech. The brother wrote in his email that he was watching my father during the lecture. It dawned on him that Muhammad is here today giving this speech because of the dua of this man! I hadn’t contemplated it much until I read that email, for indeed it is correct. After the tawfeeq of Allah, it was the dua of my parents for me that helped me become who I am.

Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,

“The heart that has no Qur’an in it is like an abandoned ruined dwelling.” [At-Tirmidhi].''

What kind of home would you like your heart to dwell in? Excusitis, is a most powerful sickness that keeps people back from accomplishing in life. Excuse-itis. If you interview effective people, you will rarely find them making excuses. If you want to succeed in your memorization, never make excuses. Do what you have to do. I forbid those around me from making excuses. I advise the same for you. Do what you have to do to accomplish. If you cannot, then do not make excuses.

One of the interesting excuses is “I have to completely understand the Qur’an before I memorize it. I have to know Arabic, and Fiqh and Hadith before I start from the source.” Do not look at what a scholar is currently reading or studying. Look at what he did in the beginning. Every single scholar I have ever met started with Qur’an, nothing else. If you want to accumulate massive knowledge of this Deen, you must begin with memorization of the Qur’an. The children in the Hifdh school are well on their way to accomplishing massive accumulation of knowledge of this deen by virtue of their Hifdh. Bi idhnillah.

Let me give you two views by two very different people and how they look at the challenges of life:


Person 1: “Oh man, that’s a killer. I can’t do that. This time I just give up. Looks like I’m finally whipped. I’ll never amount to anything. I’m tired.”


Person 2: “Awesome, that was the kind of challenge I’ve been waiting for. Yaa Rabb, I am going to make you proud of me. I’m going to give it my best. I’m going to pump 110% of my energy into every part of this challenge!”

Guess which one will succeed in their memorization of the Qur’an. That’s right, the second one. Why? Because the second one has the right attitude.

When I hear someone talking about their attempts to memorize Qur’an, I can usually tell which category they have locked themselves into. It is not the Qur’an. The Qur’an is easy to remember. Allah ta’ala testifies to that in the Qur’an:

[And verily we made the Qur’an easy to remember, so is there anyone who will take heed?]

If you think it’s easy for you, it is. If you think it is hard for you, it is. It is your attitude that determines it.


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Below are some quick tips that will help you in memorizing the Qur’an:


1. You absolutely must have a teacher.

Do NOT memorize on your own. You must have a teacher who you respect and whom you fear. Don’t ask ‘how’ to memorize the Qur’an. Ask where you can find the best teacher. The teacher will then guide you on the ‘how’.

2. Distractions.

In memorizing the Qur’an, you must free your mind and environment of distractions. Imagine trying to memorize at a football game? Tough, huh? How about a theme park, could you sit down and control yourself to memorize? Probably not. Getting into a Qur’an Hifdh program with a teacher and discipline will assist you in creating the perfect atmosphere for memorization.

3. Memorize through Audio.

A lot of people think they are memorizing the ‘look’ of the Mushaf, but actually you are memorizing the ‘sound’ of Ayat. When I review, I record my recitation on CD and listen to it again and again. The students that read the loudest in class are all the strongest students. Why? Because they can hear themselves the most?

When I was in Qur’an school, the boy beside me read so loud. I asked the teacher to ask him to read more quietly. He said a most powerful statement that became my motto: “No, you read louder!” I did and it benefited me unbelievably.

4. Location of the Mushaf.

Your eyes follow a specific direction depending on what you are thinking or doing. If you are lying, your eyes go left. If you are remembering something visual, like where you left your keys, your eyes will look upwards.

When you memorize, the direction of memorization is right and left, not downwards. The mistake I see people make is that they put their mushaf low on the ground and then try to memorize. In order to fully harness the power of your mind, you must keep the mushaf at eye level, and not dip your head..

5. Eat brain food.

We’ve all heard the advice of uncles that you have to eat Badams (almonds) to improve memory. Well, I’m here to tell you that the uncles were right! The food you eat, the drinks you drink, directly affect your ability to excel in memorization of the Qur’an.

Do not eat fatty, unhealthy food. Do not drink soda. Eat a nutritious light breakfast, a nutritious light lunch, with almonds for snacks during the day. Subhan Allah, you will find you accomplish much more in your day.

6. Make everyday a victory.

You can move a mountain rock by rock. Enjoy every page you memorize, every Ayah.


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I am often asked about my secret to memorizing the Qur’an. They are expecting me to teach them a special ‘south-beach-hifdh-diet’ or something. (I call it tip shopping, they are expecting a specific tip). I say again and again, there is no doubt that there are three ingredients. If you have these three ingredients, you will accomplish what you set out for:

1. Dua, supplication (you must always reflect your desire to Allah).


2. Sabr, patience (it will be a testing path, fill your bags with Sabr powerbars).

3. Taqwa, protecting yourself from sin.

If you do not remember anything from this article except these three ingredients (DST – Dua, Sabr, Taqwa - DST) then, bi idhnillah, it will suffice.

`Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (sal Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said,

"The one who was devoted to the Qur'an will be told on the Day of Resurrection: `Recite and ascend (in ranks) as you used to recite when you were in the world. Your rank will be at the last Ayah you recite.'' [Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].

How many ranks will you climb on the Day of Resurrection?
How many ranks would you like to climb?​

 

[Libinette]

:salam2:

what i do is, basically i listen to it many times while doing the washing, tiding up, doing other stuff, at the end you just learn that work really well for me anyway,

i have a question: is is allowed to have a qur'an in your hands while praying, like you read in arabic (or you follow an imam) and at the same time you read the translation.

 

[Happy 2BA Muslim]

The Qur’aan and Sunnah indicate that Qur’aan should be recited in prayer, whether it is from the Mus-haf or from memory. It was proven that ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) told her freed slave Dhakwaan to lead her in praying qiyaam in Ramadaan, and he used to read from the Mus-haf. Al-Bukhaari mentioned this in his Saheeh…

As for reading the translation at the same time, I do not know Sister, and I couldn`t find anything on that.

Allah SWT knows best.

 

[ditta]

Asalamu Alykum,

Jazakallahu Khayrun for sharing that brother. I followed that and i managed to memorize the first 5 verses of Surah Al-Haqqa. Im so chuffed and cant wait to memorize others. I know its not a lot, but Alhamdulilah put that effort in and you will understand and memorize more verses. Subhanallah.

I love TTI. Alhamdulilah to all Brothers & Sisters.

Alhamdulilah

Wasalam