Quran memorization

I know 18 Juz i'A i become xaafid again.

The companions took their time in memorisation of the quran so much so Umar Ibn Khattab took 12 years to memorise baqarah alone while in Ibn Umar took 8 year.

The scholars explain the various reasons for this, they sought to learn the fiqh, tafseer, ahkaam and reports with deep contemplation of each verse while applying this in their everyday life (10 ayah at a time) before moving on.

There is also reports that the Prophet SAWS dislike for quick memorisation of the Quran.

It's mind blowing when you reflect that this is how they studied despite the fact that the quran was in their own native tongue and was revealed in their presence.

Mindless memorisation without a deep study of tafseer or contemplation will always result in you either forgetting it quickly or making constant rookie mistakes.

I have abandoned that common ludicrous mindless path we were all taught from a young age to quickly memorise without even basic understanding when I came across these hadiths.

This is how I plan to do it it now after being exposed to those hadith's.

Grab a number of Ayah's (5-10)

1. Understand basic translation of the ayah's first - so much so you should be able to give basic English/Somali translation to someone that doesn't know.

2. Understanding basic tafseer of the ayah - When it was revealed, the circumstances of revelation and how it was understood.

3. Deep tafseer - most of it is deep linguistic-all analysis followed by in depth contemplation, especially with regards to how the ayah applies to our time and how you apply it.

4. Memorisation of those ayah's. (you will never forget them)


Pre-requisite off all this in my opinion is either listening or reading the seerah of the Prophet first.

The best material that is available in the English language is Anwar Awlaki and Yasir Qadhi, the latter is on YouTube.

The best material for points 1-3 in the English Language is Nouman Ali Khan Bayyinah podcasts (he has both basic and deep tasfeer) followed by translation of Ibn Kathir and Tafsir Jalalayn

I'm trying to memorize surat al mulk and other beneficial surahs like surat al khaf surat al yasin etc. Would it be fine in my lifetime to only memorize certain surahs because I will have difficulty memorizing all surah and uni now I will forgot considering how busy my schedule will get

SilverL said:

I'm making this thread for people who want to memorize the quran. Share your goals, progress, techniques etc that will be useful to others.

I've been trying to read 1 juz a day and I find I can read more of it than I thought comfortably from the musxaf but off the top of my head is another story. I also found that there were some I haven't read in so long that I forgot they even existed, like jaathiya, ahqaf. Fyi, those were surahs I learned in a day or 2 so I learned my lesson on trying to learn too fast.

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Did you finish the whole Quran before? my goal this year is to read more and take time with surahs to not forget.

SilverL said:

I'm making this thread for people who want to memorize the quran. Share your goals, progress, techniques etc that will be useful to others.

I've been trying to read 1 juz a day and I find I can read more of it than I thought comfortably from the musxaf but off the top of my head is another story. I also found that there were some I haven't read in so long that I forgot they even existed, like jaathiya, ahqaf. Fyi, those were surahs I learned in a day or 2 so I learned my lesson on trying to learn too fast.

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Mashallah walaal

Mahadsanid for the thread, Ilaahay khayrka haku siyaado Ameen