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How to Memorise the Noble Quran
In the Name of Allh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By Dr. Yahya al-Ghouthani, Jeddah (world leading Quranic
recitation authority)
Translated by Abu MuqatilMay Allah hasten his
release....Ameen
In light of the principles which have passed us by in the
previous section, I say to whoever wants tomemorize a page from the
Noble Quran from any chapter that I hope that you will stay with me
so we canread the following steps together at ease paving the way
to apply it precisely.
1. [Obtain a good mus-haf]
Try to obtain a good copy of the Quran whose size is according
to your need and never ever replace it sothat you will be strong in
memorising the parts of the pages and the lines. The mus-haf
al-huffaaz(the
memorisers codex) [i.e. the text of the popular green edition
from Madina written by the world famouscalligrapher, Ta Ha Uthman]
is preferred which starts with the verse at the start of the page
and finisheswith the last verse, and it is divided up well, whereby
the Quran being thirty juz` (parts), everyjuz` has 20pages and
every page has 25 lines. The King Fahd organization in Medina
al-Munawwarah has built aprinter for this copy and I advice getting
it as it is the most accurate contemporary print.
2. [Set the scene]
Setting the scene for memorization according to the
following:-
i. Self-composure - Have the correct intention in mind and a
desire for reward from Allahii. Wudoo`(ablution) and complete
purity - Do not take the easy option of those who give a
fatwa (legal edict) for its opposite as that goes against what
befits high regard of the Speech ofAllah and good manners with
it.
iii. [Comfortable setting] - Sitting in a place where you feel
at ease, and there is no more sacredplace than the mosque.
iv. Free of distractions] - It is preferred that it is a place
without many pictures, carvings,decorations and distractions. The
more enclosed the place is - with all due regards to fresh air -the
better, compared with open space, trees and gardens. Even if some
may differ with me, but Isay this based upon experience not from
abstract thinking. The atmosphere for light reading isdifferent
from the atmosphere for focused memorization, as wide spaces,
sceneries and treesdistract the mind and focus. Whatever is
suitable for light reading is not needed for genuine workand focus,
as mentioned in rule 4.
v. Face the Qibla - (direction of prayer towards Mecca) and sit
in a state of submission, tranquilityand respect.
3. [Warm up]
Begin the warm up process (for want of a better expression). It
is the preparation where you read a fewpages of the Quran before
starting the memorization process, whether from memory or
looking.Recite nicely, listening to yourself without haste or
delay.
This is a fundamental component in preparing the self. You will
find many successful memorizationteachers do not allow the student
to memorize before getting them to revise the previous session
andletting the sheikh hear. This is to prepare him psychologically
and spiritually for memorization, whilst the
student may be totally unaware of the teacher's aim.4. [Be
controlled in recitation]
Beware of your voices beauty from distracting you at this point.
The sweetness of your tone encompassesyou in the atmosphere of
chanting. So you start thinking that youre so-and-so, the famous
reciter, then you
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assume his persona and start to recite with deliberation and
perfecting the letters. You repeat it and recite itagain like some
of the reciters. Perhaps it all goes over the top and you bring out
a microphone andrecording equipment. Time will pass by whilst you
are unaware, and you become like that young man whoreally wanted to
memorize the Quran but every time he sat down to memorize he opened
the Quran at 7-rah Y-suf and began to chant it until the time
passed him by and he memorized absolutely nothing.
5. [Feel that urge]
About 10-15 minutes of the warm up exercise and personal
preparation you will feel a strong desire in
yourself to memorize, with that it is possible for you to start
with a new page you want to memorize.
6. [Focus]
Here begins an important stage, you really have to doubly focus
on the verses. Imagine that your eye is acamera lens, and that you
want to film the page with sound and image. Be careful not to shake
the camera.
7. [Action!]Open your eyes well. Free your mind from any
distraction. Read by looking at the first verse at the top ofthe
page in an audible voice with tajw5d[the correct rules of
recitation]. Read correctly with concentration.Lets use an as
example His statement, the Most High:
The fools among the people will say, "What has turned them from
their prayer direction to which they wereused to face in prayer."
Say, "To Allah belong both, east and the west. He guides whom He
wills to aStraight Way.[2:142]
Read three or more times until your mind takes it all in, then
close your eyes and picture in your mind theplaces of the words and
read them. If you succeed in reading them completely without any
mistake, dontget excited but instead repeat two, three or five
times.
8. [Repeat]
Then open your eyes a second time. Read the same verse from the
book to confirm the correctness of yourmemorization. If you are
certain that youve memorized it correctly, dont get excited.
Instead close youreyes and read another time. With this you have
chiseled in your mind an engraving that is impossible todisappear
with the permission of Allah, the Most High. Try the steps
carefully, you will definitely find thisapproach sound.
Note: During the process of recall and repetition, be careful
not to divert your gaze to the things around yousuch as written
notices distributed upon walls, posters, artwork, or dcor. Do not
follow a whirling fan. Donot be concerned about the type of
furniture or coverings youre sitting on. Be careful of excessively
lookingout of the windows, perhaps your eyes will chance upon
something that will not please you, or perhaps youwill be
distracted by the scene of people in the street, or the scene of
cars as happens to students duringtheir revision for their exams.
One of them stands at the window with the excuse of getting fresh
air, then
there he takes a census of cars based upon make and model, and
in this manner time passes him and iswasted whilst he hasnt
benefited a single thing.
You have no business with these distractions, my brother. You
have put yourself forward as someone fromthe people of the Quran
and from its memorizers, and that requires motivation,
perseverance, focus and anabsence of distractions.
9. [Next verse]
After that move to the verse immediately following it:
Thus we have made you a middle nation[2:143]
and begin with the same steps we outlined with the previous
verse. If you think the verse is long, thendivide it into several
parts corresponding to correct and sound stops and normal meanings.
Then repeatand repeat many times until it is engraved deeply in
your memory.
