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The Diary of A Hāfiz - Issue #52
Bismillāh al-Rahmān al-Rahīm
Assalāmu ‘Alaykum!
Ramadān is starting to move quickly. May Allāh place barakah into our time! I hope you’re taking maximum benefit and doing the best you can to keep things up.
Meanwhile, this newsletter has now reached it’s first full year (we’re on issue #52!). Alhamdulillāh, thanks for sticking around. I encourage you to share the newsletter with others going into the second year and sharing with me anything you’d like me to share going forward.
Today’s focus is revision. One new, two revisited.
In This Issue:
Effective Techniques To Make Your Quran Revision Stronger: A look at some techniques that require a bit of effort to get where you want to be.
17 Amazing Ways To Do Your Quran Revision: A great list of revision method.
Revision Methods You Can Use In Ramadān: Ways you can approach revision during Ramadan.
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: Make sure you share your routine.
Let’s get to it!
- Qāri’ Mubashir
🔗 LATEST ARTICLES
Effective Techniques To Make Your Quran Revision Stronger (5 min read)
Revision. It’s the backbone of any successful Qur’ān memorisation journey. Despite having various methods of revision available, many of you still struggle with it. In my previous discussions, I’ve shared numerous revision methods. But it’s a challenging task and there’s room for constant improvement. So today, I want to share some advanced techniques that can help you strengthen your Qur’ān memorisation even further.
These techniques are not necessarily new, but they may not be as commonly used or widely known as you’d think. Incorporating them into your revision routine can give you an extra edge in your journey towards mastering the Qur’ān.
These techniques are aimed at both those still memorising and those who have already memorised significant portions or the entire Qur’ān.
Let’s get into them.
17 Amazing Ways To Do Your Quran Revision (11 min read)
I have already shared many methods, tips, and tricks for you concerning Hifz revision.
Recently, I was doing some searching and going through my notes and found a list that I saved. It was a list of revision methods that was put together by someone at an institute for Qur’ān memorisation in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia around 15 years ago.
I wanted to share some of them and add some. The list illustrates how many ways there are to approach revision.
I pray this will prove useful.
Revision Methods You Can Use In Ramadān (5 min read)
After learning about how you can approach Ḥifẓ in Ramadān and preparing for the Tarāwīh, it’s time to learn about revision methods. Whether you’re going to be leading the Tarāwīh or not, these are some quick tips and Qur’ān revision techniques for you to consider.
📖 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, now on an-Nisā’
Background: After forgetting what he memorised (half the Qur'ān) and kept struggling to start again. So he decided to share his diary and mission with us. After 19 weeks of struggle, he finally started again. It took him a few months to do a few Juz’ and now he’s been on Surah an-Nisā’ (5th Juz’) for a while carrying his struggles.
What he accomplished last week (days 218 to 220): "I put my Hifdh process to a stop during Ramadan and I am focusing on reciting a Juz’ a day. I did revise the first Juz’ but I’ve focused more on reciting because there’s a lot going on."
Ramadan targets: “I hope to recite a khatm and continue my Hifz after Ramadan.”
Aishah, a 5th-year Medical Student doing multiple things
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 28 (previous missed week): She said:
"Update: AlhamduliLlah, Ramadan is finally here - May Allah make us benefit maximally from it, Aamin. I finally have a plan of how I wish to navigate Ramadan and I've started implementing it, AlhamduliLlah.
Hifdh: My initial plan was to memorise my last Juz this month but with careful planning and the situation of things, I wouldn't be able to proceed with that because I have to juggle my academics together with Ramadan. However, I plan to memorise Suratul Hijr since it isn't a very long Surah. I'll commence memorisation today, In Shaa Allah.
Manzil: I've increased my daily revision to 2 Juz since we're in the month of Qur'an and it's a great opportunity to strengthen my Hifdh and build up on my previous quantity of 1.5 Juz.
Sabqi: I've also been going over my latest memorised Juz (Juz 13) as my Sabqi and it's been constant, AlhamduliLlah.
What's new? I have a new set of time blocks for carrying out my daily tasks (due to Ramadan) and Bi idhni Llah, I hope to do at least 3 Khatams. May Allah make it easy.”I asked her to tell me more about the schedule and time blocking, she said:
TIME BLOCKS:
"Hifdh:- 15-20 minutes after Tahajjud (it's few verses daily so it won't take so much time).
Manzil:- A Juz after Fajr, then the other Juz after Taraawih. Each Juz takes about 45 minutes.
Sabqi: I divided it- so, I recite a part of it during Salatul Duha and the rest while observing my Rawaatib.
Tilaawah(I aim for at least 3 Ajza daily): 1 Juz after Iftar(before Isha), 1 Juz after Sahur and the last one during school hours ( during lecture breaks/while waiting for lecturers). Each Juz takes an average of 30 minutes.”SCHEDULE:
"After I wake up , I observe Tahajjud, do my Hifdh, eat Sahur, do some Tilaawah, observe Salaatus Subh then do 1 Juz Manzil.
After these, I take a short nap then prepare for school (on every weekday) from 8AM till 6PM. After 6PM, I carry out other tasks according to the time block then retire for the day by 10PM.
The schedule is almost the same on weekends except that I don't go to school on weekends, so, I have a relatively longer nap and divide the time from 9AM-6PM between my school work, doing more Tilaawah, attending Tadabbur sessions and going for my Hifdh class.”
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.
If you want to join and share your diary, please get in touch!
Allāh grant us all success and ease on this path!
⚒️ MOTIVATION, TIPS & TOOLS
Story
I once heard of a Hifdh story of a man who began memorising Qur’ān at age 40 and finished when he was 70!
He would memorise 1 Juz’ a year.
He would never used to make mistakes.
Even though he was already 40 years old, he knew that it was never too late to start memorising. His commitment to his daily routine paid off. Why can’t yours?
The reality of Hifdh is that there will always be ups and downs. A sister that memorised over 9 years had in fact given up 20 times. But every thorn grew her even more. She got there in the end.
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