People have different memorising capabilities, what advice can you give them to help in this task.?

People have different memorising capabilities, what advice can you give them to help in this task.?

1. Sincerity and good intention are the most important steps when memorising the Qur’an. At the time, one of the companions of the Prophet(P.B.U.P) complained about his difficulties in memorising the Qur’an. The prophet (P.B.U.P) said: “you have been building up your Iman and Iman is given before the Qur’an”. Obviously, Iman means belief in the heart and practice according to the Islamic rules. So that, the purification of one’s intention and correcting one’s desire according to the Islamic rule is obligatory. in other word sincerity is the first and the most important rule of memorising the Qur’an.

2. Correcting your pronunciation, this does not occur except by listening to a good recitor or learning under-supervision of a competent hafidh. Certainly new technology is helpful such as audio tape, video tape and CD ROM.

3. Setting a daily limit for memorising, a number of verses for example a page or two.

4. To repeat what you have memorised melodiously and for many times.

5. Not to move to a new portion (a new limit of verses) of the Qur’an until you have perfected the previous limit, that is, by frequent rehearsals of what has been memorised.

6. When completing one Surah,, don’t move to another till you have memorised the current one precisely.

7. Always use the same print copy of the Qur’an because one uses the sight in the memorising just as using the hearing. The script, the form of the verses and their places in the Mushaf (hard copy of the Qur’an) leave an imprint in the mind when they are recited and looked at frequently. Conversely, if you change your print copy of the Mushaf to another print which differs in shape and the places of the verses you will find more difficulties in memorising.

8. It is important to recite the Qur’an to others in order to correct and test your memorising.

9. Constantly returning to what has been memorised is very important to maintain the stability of the memorisation.

10. Take advantage of the golden years of memorisation between ages of 5y and 23 years, certainly, memorising in youth is like engraving on stone and memorising when old is like engraving on water, the younger you are the more likely to memorise and the less likely to forget.

11. Understanding Qur’anic verses by reading the “tafseer” is also helpful in memorising the Qur’an.

12. Mastering the resembling parts of the Qur’an by making relation between the words and letters can be helpful in this matter.

13. Using the Qur’an in our daily speeches makes it more easy to memorise and remember.

14. Running competitions in memorising and recitation can be helpful in encouraging the people to participate and the youth to memorise.

15. Reciting ten verses from surat Al-Baqura every night can be helpful, these are first 4 verses, Alkursi verse and two verses after it (Number 255, 256, 257) and the last 3 verses of the same surah.

16. “dua’a”.