How To Re-Memorise Quran When You’ve Forgotten It
The Diary of A Hāfiz - Issue #42
Bismillāh al-Rahmān al-Rahīm
Assalāmu ‘Alaykum!
Hope you’re doing well.
We’ve reach the month of Rajab which means we’re 2 months away from Ramadan. May Allah bless us in Rajab, Sha’ban and allow us to reach and experience Ramadan! Today, we’re looking at how you approach re-memorisation of the Qur’ān and revisiting some of my work from 2014.
In This Issue:
How To Re-Memorise Quran When You’ve Forgotten It: How do you approach memorising or revising the Qur’ān once again when you’ve forgotten the majority of it?
A Primer on Quran Memorisation, Revision and Teaching: In 2014, I began writing a book called “How We Memorised The Quran: A Primer on Memorisation, Revision and Teaching.”
The Top 50+ Quran Memorization Apps: I’ve added another exciting app.
The Diary of A Hāfiz: A roundup reporting the progress of a brother and a sister in their pursuit of memorising the Qur'ān.
Motivation, Tips & Tools: Any resources, tips, and tools shared in the community and more.
Request: Updates on what I’m up to.
Let’s get to it!
- Qāri’ Mubashir
🔗 LATEST ARTICLES
How To Re-Memorise Quran When You’ve Forgotten It (6 min read)
How do you approach memorising or revising the Qur’ān once again when you’ve forgotten the majority of it?
So let’s say, for example, you memorised the Qur’ān when you were young and then due to a lack of review, eventually you began forgetting many parts. Many Juz’ become weak, others remain near-strong and others nearly forgotten. Your Qur’ān becomes this confused mix of personalities. In one place you feel like you’re an ill patient, on other side, you feel like you’re friends.
So over the years, you’ve been trying to remember, trying to revise but nothing has been going your way. You’re busy with work, you’re busy with life at home with family, and you don’t have much time due to these commitments. Perhaps, you get distracted after work, or you feel lazy, you’re not motivated and you try to engage with the Qur’ān but it doesn’t click. You say to yourself, you’ll memorise after praying Fajr but you go back to bed.
There will be many things that are happening but the one thing that you want to happen (Hifdh ul Qur’ān!), isn’t?
Why is that?
A Primer on Quran Memorisation, Revision and Teaching (17 min read)
In 2014, I began writing a book called “How We Memorised The Quran: A Primer on Memorisation, Revision and Teaching.” That was a project that I eventually put on hold and eventually scrapped. Instead I have focused my efforts on teaching and writing the articles you read today, and exploring other, perhaps more beneficial initiatives for you.
So, yeesterday, a student of mine sent me a WhatsApp message saying that she discovered a draft document of this book and that gave me an idea. That idea was simple. It’s time to share the drafts I wrote back in 2014 with you today.
The Top 50+ Quran Memorization Apps (12 min read)
I’ve added an app where you can recite to teachers for free, on-demand.
📖 THE DIARY OF A HĀFIZ
This is where we try to learn by watching others memorise. Today I share a roundup reporting the progress of a brother and a sister in their pursuit of memorising the Qur'ān.
Muhammad, 35, trying to memorise an-Nisā’
Background: He'd forgotten what he memorised (half the Qur'ān) and has kept struggling to start again ever since. After 19 weeks of struggle, he finally started again.
What I accomplished last week (days 154 to days 160): "Again, I have been sticking to a revision process of doing a quarter per juz' per day - so that means doing 1/4 from Juz’ 1, 1/4 from Juz’ 2, 1/4 from Juz’ 3 and a quarter from Juz’ 4. Then I revise everything I know from the 5th Juz’. I am still at over the quarter mark of the 5th Juz’. I am looking to experiment with a method Qāri’ shared with me for revision."
Targets: Start to memorise using one of the quicker methods Qari shared and try to do more in time for Ramadān (2 months) and I also would like to lead some Taraweeh prayers.
Aishah, a 5th-year Medical Student who is also a student of ‘Arabiyyah
Background: She started hifdh when she was a child and memorised half. But recently started again from Juz' 1. She's been memorising and revising while also studying medicine.
Week 19: "Last week was kind of stormy for me, if I could say that. I was overwhelmed with my daily schedule coupled with academics and had to re-adjust my schedules. Hifdh: I was able to memorise 3 pages in total(184- 186 of a 15-lined Qur'an). I hope to get regular now that I've adjusted my schedule, In Shaa Allah.
Muraaja'a: I've paused consolidation for now and only focusing on Sabqi and Manzil. My Sabqi is 1 juz away from my daily Sabaq and my Manzil is 1 Juz daily.
So, here's the new schedule;
- Manzil:- 1 hour after Tahajjud.
- Sabaq:- 1 hour after Subh.
- Sabqi:- I do it along with my daily activities/After Salah.
- Manzil:- If it's still remaining, I complete it after Ishaa. Then after this, I prep my next day's Sabaq by reciting the whole page 5 times, listening to it, reading the meaning and Tafsir.”
If you have any questions for the brothers and sisters, just drop a reply to me and I'll feature the questions and answers in relevant issues. Allāh grant us all success and ease on this path!
⚒️ MOTIVATION, TIPS & TOOLS
📢 REQUEST
More on schedules. I didn’t hear from anyone last week but I’m still interested in collecting the schedules members of our community have used while memorising and after.
If you want to share your schedule with me, leave a reply to this email!
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