What Are The Shortest Juz In The Quran
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How can I memorise the Qur'ān as quick as possible? Like really fast! If you've been asking this question, got your aims wrong! I want to share my thoughts on memorising the Qur'ān quickly and why that's not ideal.
7 years is the average amount of years it takes to become qualified in any given field. That is years of consistent study, learning and practice. But there's only one superhero we need to pay attention to.
Everyone wants to memorise the Qur'ān overnight but will spend years to qualify for a career. Our model for a "career" is memorising the Qur'ān in 23 years. True, if the Prophet (ﷺ) had received revelation much faster or in one go, he would have known it. The 23 years does not imply that the Prophet (ﷺ) had a weakness in his abilities - never. Rather the process of revelation took 23 years so that everyone could memorise, understand and implement it more easily. It also addressed issues as they came and as Allāh willed. There's a secret in the way it was revealed and this helped preserve the Qur'ān with perfection:
87:7 إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
unless Allāh wills otherwise.[1] He surely knows what is open and what is hidden.
Every day you should focus on a daily small amount, don't increase it (decrease it if needed, and don't be hesitant over doing so). Place importance on quality! Don't memorise anything new until you have solidified the past. Be smart. It's a long-term process. Be a superhero, in a prophetic way.
In 2015, I joined a Qur'ān course. In this 2 months course, we memorize the Holy Qur'ān as much as we can. Alhamdulillāh, I manage to memorize the whole Qur'ān in only 20 days! And I became the fastest one to do so! The 2nd ranked is a college student and older than me. She managed to memorized in 27 days. while the 3rd ranked, same age as me, managed to memorize in 30 days.
I need to clarify a few things, this memorization that I did in high school was linear memorization, not holistic. What I mean by that is that we memorized pages to pages and never revise. We'd memorize one page then quickly moved on to the second page and so on so forth and no turning back. It was part of a 40-day tahfidz camp program, a pretty popular tahfidz camp in Indonesia with a goal to have you learn fast memorization techniques. That's how I memorized the entire Qur'ān in 20 days, and was the fastest among my peers.
In addition, all we did in the camp was memorizing all day with no other activity. Again, the goal was to memorize as many pages as fast as you can with no revision (it was to get your brain used to memorizing words of the Qur'ān), so of course, memorization with no revision is volatile, it's not long lasting. I no longer remember most of the Juz'.
As for how many Juz' I memorize naturally outside the camp, (Alhamdulillāh) I have memorized 15 juz'. With a busy-everyday schedule, it takes me one month to naturally memorize one juz of the Quran with 30-60 minutes to memorize one page. That's about memorization.
As for my memorization technique (because many have asked me) is to memorize it with the translation and know what you're memorizing. You don't just memorize it blindly. I found it to be much easier to memorize this way and it lasts longer in your memory when you understand the context of the verse. So yes, that means you need to memorize arabic. I don't speak Arabic so I have always used a Qur'ān with word to word translation. It's only hard in the beginning. It will get easier as you progress because there are many recurring words in the Qur'ān.
Once I memorized 5 juz, the rest 10 juz were very easy to memorize, because many words are now familiar. It's to the point where you feel like memorizing a story. Once you memorize a page, you shouldn't move on to the next page but revise everything starting from the start of the juz'. This cycle continues until you finish one juz'.
These are amongst the top reasons why someone will want to memorize fast. I went through the same experiences. When I was at madrasah, the expectation was that you'd need to memorize within 3 years. I get it, you're part of a school that has a system where students and teachers are coming in and out. You need to be able to meet those expectations as a student. That's why most madrasah systems need to filter who can memorise with them and who can't. Not everyone can memorise as quick as someone else. We all have different capabilities and capacities.
If you're a student that's struggling at a madrasah and you're feeling the pressure from the teacher and your parents, you need to assess reality. You may never be able to memorize completely by the time they want you to. You need to be fine with that. What you should do instead is think beyond the madrasah. Do things at your own pace. I would advise students that are slower to memorize to seek more one-to-one training. Get a teacher that can support your needs. This will be better than studying at a madrasah where you're feeling uncomfortable and out of place.
Another piece of advice is to always understand yourself. Self-awareness is the greatest gift. Memorize as much as you can in a way that's best suited to you. This means being honest about whether you can memorize in a year, two years, or three years. Then, accept whatever is the reality. Allāh will bless your journey.
What if you're capable of memorizing fast and you can retain it? Well, that's fine. You may have excellent memory or have a gift from Allāh. You can and always should memorize according to your capacity.
Aminah enjoyed her journey. She set herself a target of building a small habit, she could easily do 1-3 verses. She ended up being ahead of Maryam in the same time frame yet did less work. She did 360 āyāt by month 4.
Usual Model > Do as much as possible in the shortest time frame but end up forgetting. Ignored Model > Ignore all of the hype, set up processes and systems for daily progress, and work your way up slowly.
A question that can be used to intimidate you and make you feel like you are not good enough. The question can make someone feel like wanting to quit memorising the Qur'ān. You are made to feel like you are a failure and it makes you question yourself again and again. What's the question?
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What is the shortest possible way to read salat, in case you have a lot (and I mean a lot) of Qadha to make up, or you have very limited time before the salat gets Qadha for any reason? I was thinking:
I feel like the Qadha salat I have are a debt to Allah and I believe that any kind of debt should be repaid in full as soon as possible, in the Islamic sense and in the financial sense. Is this a wrong mentality to have?
Under normal circumstances I would read my Qadha salat in the way I do regular salat (i.e. slowly and carefully) but the amount of Qadha is so much that it would be a great burden to me, and from my understanding, Allah wouldn't want me to think of salat as a burden, even though I am at fault for making these salat Qadha.
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