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2. 2 Let’s Memorize the qur’an

3. 3 This presentation will bi ith’nillah motivate me and you to: Read the Qur’an Memorize the Qur’an Understand the Qur’an Live by the Qur’an

4. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com4 Always Remember! Memorizing the Qur’an starts with Reading continues with Understanding, and ends with Living by its teachings!

5. 5 Our beloved Prophet Our beloved Prophet صلّى الله عليه وسلّم made this beautiful du’aa اللهمّ اجعل القرآن ربيع قلبي “O Allah! Make the Qur’an the spring of my heart”

6. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com6 If indeed the Quran was the Spring of our hearts: our hearts would be in bloom always with the freshness of nature's newness & nature's order: the green that cools our eyes, the fragrances that perfume our scent, the fruits that delight our taste & nurture our bodies, and the flowers that remind us of life's bounty and delicacy.

7. 7 So, let us begin with this du’aa: اللهمّ اجعل القرآن ربيع قلوبنا O Allah! Make the Qur’an the spring of our hearts Aameen

8. 8 First Thing First! 1. Make your intention pure and sincere. It should be only to seek the Pleasure of Allah and none else! You should NOT have the motive to seek name, fame or money. REMEMBER one of the three people who will become FUEL TO THE FIRE OF JAHANNUM, according to a hadith, are the Islamic scholars with bad intention!

9. 9 2. After making your intention pure, make Du’aa to Allah. WITHOUT the help of Allah you can’t do anything! BELIEVE in the power of Du’aa. Allah Knows the secrets of our hearts. If you sincerely seek Allah’s help, He will definitely open ways and make things easy for you. This is in fact a Promise of Allah and He never lets His Seekers down!

10. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com10 3. Get a good Mus’haf, a good copy of the Qur’an. The Arabic Script must be clear and you must be comfortable reading it. 4. Ensure that you keep this Mus’haf till the end. Changing the Mus’haf especially when you are determined to memorize is a bad idea!

11. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com11 5. DO NOT START memorizing without getting to know the Rules of Recitation and Pronunciation. (Remember it is easy to memorize but difficult to forget. If you memorize an ayah and later you come to know that it was a wrong pronunciation then learning the right pronunciation and the right way will be difficult)

12. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com12 YOU NEED TO CHECK YOUR WAY OF RECITATION & PRONUNCIATION in front of a scholar who is well-versed in the art of Qur’anic Recitation. EVEN WHEN you want to memorize on your own through audio/internet, you NEED TO CHECK and cross-check your way of Recitation. This is very important!

13. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com13 6. Wudoo (ie. Ablution) and complete purity is necessary as you are going to memorize the Glorious Book of Allah. Your ATTITUDE & APPROACH to the Qur’an must be entirely different from the approach you adopt towards other books!

14. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com14 7. Place has its own impact on the mind. Select a comfortable place where there is no distraction so that you can focus on memorization with utmost care and concentration.

15. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com15 8. Allot a particular time. S elect a time which suits you the most. It is better to earmark early morning time as mind is fresh and receptive. Moreover, the Qur’an recited during Fajr is ‘witnessed’ by the Angels! Don’t do any work other than memorization during this time. Strictly and sincerely stick on to your daily time schedule! This is a secret behind effective memorization.

16. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com16 9. Apportion the daily number of verses to memorize You should specify the amount you can bear daily, be it a given number of verses, one or two pages, or a quarter juz. After deciding the target, try your utmost to achieve the target. After deciding the target, try your utmost to achieve the target. Due to some genuine reason if you are not able Due to some genuine reason if you are not able to achieve the target, don’t get upset. Instead try to make it up the following day along with the day’s quota. to achieve the target, don’t get upset. Instead try to make it up the following day along with the day’s quota.

17. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com17 10. Recite loudly You should recite aloud, first to follow the Prophetic Sunnah and second to perfect your memorization. Intoning the Qur’an is endeared to the hearing and helps in memorizing, as it gets the tongue familiar with a given tune and an error is easily identified when the usual tune varies in one way or another. When this happens, the tongue feels the variation and stops to correct the recitation.

18. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com18 Do Not Move to the Next Portion Till You Master the Present One 11. Do Not Move to the Next Portion Till You Master the Present One You should not move to the next portion till you master the previous one. One way to perfect your portion is to make a habit to recite it during your daily Salah (Prayers). One way to perfect your portion is to make a habit to recite it during your daily Salah (Prayers). In this way, memorizing the Qur’an will be easy and possible for everyone, even if one seems busy. In this way, memorizing the Qur’an will be easy and possible for everyone, even if one seems busy.

19. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com19 12. Connect its Beginning to its End You should connect a Surah from its beginning to its end, and your tongue should move with it smoothly and easily without exerting your mind in remembering the verses and continuing the recitation. Rather, your memorization should be as smooth as water and you should recite it without any faltering whatever. It should be like the case when one recites Al-Fatihah without any effort, and this, of course, is due to its being frequently repeated and recited. You should connect a Surah from its beginning to its end, and your tongue should move with it smoothly and easily without exerting your mind in remembering the verses and continuing the recitation. Rather, your memorization should be as smooth as water and you should recite it without any faltering whatever. It should be like the case when one recites Al-Fatihah without any effort, and this, of course, is due to its being frequently repeated and recited. The point is that you should try to fix the whole Surah in your mind, connected and smooth, and not to move to the next till you have memorized it perfectly. The point is that you should try to fix the whole Surah in your mind, connected and smooth, and not to move to the next till you have memorized it perfectly.

20. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com20 13. Pay Attention to Similarities The Qur’an has 6236 verses, around 2000 of which are similar in one way or another. In some locations the similarity is exact, while in others there may be a difference of just one letter or one or a few words.

21. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com21 Two examples of similarities One must be very careful in noticing the words beginning with ‘waw’ and ‘fa’. Note the difference in two consecutive verses of سورة الضحى فَأَمَّا الْيَتِيمَ فَلا تَقْهَرْ وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلا تَنْهَرْ Note the systematic addition of words in three different verses of سورة الكهف قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا

22. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com22 Hence, one who memorizes the Qur’an should pay great attention to the similar verses. The more one pays attention to these similarities, the firmer his memorization gets.

23. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com23 14. Follow Up Frequently After memorizing the Qur’an, if you leave it without revising and keeping in touch, it will flee from you and you’ll rapidly forget it. S SS So, one must follow up frequently and continuously persevere in revising and recalling in order to preserve in one’s memory. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “ ““ “The example of the person who knows the Qur’an by heart is like the owner of tied camels. If he keeps them tied, he will control them, but if he releases them, they will run away.”

24. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com24 The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, also said, “Keep on reciting the Qur’an, for, by Him in Whose Hand my life is, the Qur’an runs away (is forgotten) faster than camels that are released from their tying ropes.” (Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim) This means that one who memorizes the whole Qur’an should read at least a whole juz’ per day.

25. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com25 15. Understand What You Memorize One of the greatest aides in memorizing is to understand the verses and recognize the relationship between them. CAUTION: The one who depends mostly on understanding is liable to forget and stop as soon as his mind is not attentive. This happens mostly during long recitations.

26. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com26 16. Try your utmost to put into practice What you study and memorize of the Qur’an, try to practice it in your life. The Qur’an is Guidance par excellence. The real meanings of the Qur’an come to fore only when the believer implements the teachings in one’s life.

27. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com27 T o summarize: 1. Purity of motive 2. Sincere Du’aa 3. Have a Mus’haf with clear script 4. Keep the same Mus’haf till the end 5. Know the Rules of Recitation & Pronunciation 6. Be with Wudhu 7. Select the right place 8. Allot daily time schedule

28. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com28 9. Specify the daily quantum 10. Read aloud 11. Don’t proceed without mastering 12. Connect from beginning to end 13. Pay attention to similarities 14. Keep in touch lest you forget 15. Understand 16. Practice

29. yassarnalquran.wordpress.com29 May Allah Guide us to learn His Book by heart in the finest manner. Aameen.

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