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READ. RECITE. REFLECT. REPEAT.

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76:23

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَنزِيلًۭا ٢٣

Indeed, it is We Who have revealed the Quran to you ˹O Prophet˺ in stages.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

76:24

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعْ مِنْهُمْ ءَاثِمًا أَوْ كَفُورًۭا ٢٤

So be patient with your Lord’s decree, and do not yield to any evildoer or ˹staunch˺ disbeliever from among them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

76:25

وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ بُكْرَةًۭ وَأَصِيلًۭا ٢٥

˹Always˺ remember the Name of your Lord morning and evening,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

76:26

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَٱسْجُدْ لَهُۥ وَسَبِّحْهُ لَيْلًۭا طَوِيلًا ٢٦

and prostrate before Him during part of the night, and glorify Him long at night. 

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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When you love the Qur'an you will fear for it from the wickedness in yourself. You will fear the sins that separates between you and the Qur'an. You will fear the manners that does not belong to the people of Qur'an. You will fear any gathering that might prevent you from memorizing one more ayah. You will fear any minute that is wasted without revising. When you love the Qur'an, you will try your best to acquire its manners, and sufficient is Allah as Witness upon your striving and sincerity.

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A4 Quran and PERSPECTIVES

I’d discovered a beautiful Quran, on a short visit to my sister, and oh how many lessons one can learn from looking at something one is so used to in a completely different way. Some context; I’m used to reading an A5 sized Quran with the standard division of 15 lines fitting on each page. This Quran was different in that the script font was far smaller which meant more lines than usual fit into one page; altering the entire format of the Quran as ‘most of us’ (who grew up with the standard 15lines/604 pg Madinah Mushaf) know it. The top right picture illustrates my explanation best; the surah that begins and ends on this spread is Surah Yasin! (now doesn’t that looks aspiring-ly achievable?)

Although the surahs ‘looked’ shorter, i was flooded with appreciation as my eyes drank in the ‘bigger picture’. Suddenly it was in plain sight; the investment required to commit even the smallest quantity of quran to memory is disproportionate to size. The dedication required for one to be familar with just a few lines of this seemingly pleasing a4 page outweighed the size of the minuscule script that lay before my eyes. A few lines suddenly transformed into a representation of 7 very very early mornings, 7-14 black coffees, wudu, motivation to get up, revision in prayers and laser focused memorisation, repetition, reading and understanding, consistency i.e it takes a good disciplined week to gain momentum for one to taste the confidence that partners good memory (and all of that, only to be found on an exceptionally good week!)

Filled with awe, as the real lesson of encountering this Mushaf dawned upon me; while the words of Allah may, at times grant you a glimpse of the bigger picture, each letter’s value is undoubtedly, and in every sense, a heavyweight on the scale, and THAT must never be underestimated no matter the size of the frame.

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How To Master What You Memorise

excerpt from Sincere Counsel to the Seekers of Sacred Knowledge by Ibn Jawzi pg 65

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Post it once you know it. I used this board for motivation to post up surahs memorised, as I went along. It really gave me the boost to carry on especially on those days where retaining one ayah felt like climbing the North Face. If you're the kind who needs to supersize that cheerleader within them, then I definitely recommend you see your goal everyday, literally see it.

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Some Quran literature

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That coffee...

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Lessons From Juz Amma

This is not a race this is a record.

Your achievements or non achievements are a reflection of your everyday. Your ability to recall with ease, is a manifestion of those early mornings when you didn’t want to get up out of bed, yet you somehow found the courage to rise. It is testimony to one’s inner strength to switch on that kettle, yes that familiar scent of coffee is your guarantee that you will and shall, earlier than one ought to, stagger through the reluctance, grogginess and disorientation of time, space and common sense.

Then there is the ease, the ease in which you able to recall the Quran is a testimony to how much time you’ve spent with it. There is no room for pretending. The end of the week transforms into a yardstick, a measurement of a declaration you made. A declaration of love for the words revealed by Him.

If there is one thing I’ve learned so far, it is this: certainly with practice you will meet breakthrough and with breakthrough you will find yourself holding the hand of a grand responsibilty. Ever at war to ensure a firm grasp, you pray and pray to never let go. Salah is your best companion at this stage. ‘There are not enough prayers in the day’ I heard one say. Holding tightly, she too, nurturing that love.

The journey to memorise, I began to quickly discover, does not end past the door; the moment an ayah, a surah or juz is committed to memory…no, rather it seems it is only just the beginning. The beginning of a grand adventure.

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the Name of Allah, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful.