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Memorizing Qur’an is broken into 3 categories: 1) new lesson, 2) new memorization, 3) old memorization. I’ll give a brief intro to each category and then show you how to properly memorize within each fold. It’s important to understand that memorizing Qur’an for the long-term is a process which takes close to a month. Once you memorize an ayah, it won’t be solid until you repeat it a number of times until it enters the deeper part of your brain. Read More »

Though there were numerous students memorizing with me, not all of them came with the same purpose. Many were there because their parents had forced them to enroll after the students had established a bad track record in public school. They were expected to reform themselves during their stay at the madrasa. But what I noticed was that many – if not most students sent for that reason – would not change. Read More »

Whenever you memorize a new page recite along with it four of the pages before it, so you are reciting 5 pages. When you memorize the next page you again will go back four pages so you will recite the page you memorized today, yesterday, the day before and so on. The page you memorized today will then be repeated 5 times in the future since every time you memorize a new page you will go back 4 pages. Read More »

Translated by Ammar AlShukry An abridged translation of the work of Shaykh Umar Badahdah:  Part I The Beginning Steps Memorizing Revising Tying It All Together Differences I.  The Beginning Steps There are a number of steps that must be taken at the onset of memorizing, and it may be that ... Read More »

One of Islam's most revered traditions, Qurʾān recitation reaches its pinnacle at the world's preeminent recitation competition in Cairo, where Muslim children come from across the globe to perform in front of a panel of prominent judges. Contestants as young as seven are ranked against kids more than twice their ... Read More »

I walked in slowly, shaking from head to toe. I had only applied for the Hifzh School a few days ago, and now I found myself entering his office for a scheduled interview. Alhamdulillah, it went smooth and after answering a few questions and memorizing an Ayah from Surah Saad and reciting it to him, the interview came to a close and I quickly sprinted out of the office in relief. Read More »