QUICKEST WAYS TO MEMORIZE AL QURAN BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE

Bismillah
Rabbi Zidnee Ilman
“My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.”

As one of the former graduates of a SMPIT Al-Multazam Islamic Boarding School, I think this theme is perfect for me to discuss. So I want to discuss how the Quickest way to memorize Qur'an, because nowadays we often find many difficulties in memorizing Al-Qur'an whether it's a matter of age, time, recitation, how to read in Arabic and many more and especially now we widely found teenagers who can't memorize the Al-Qur'an.

A little story when I was in Boarding School Al-Quran memorizing is an obligation, first time I entered Boarding School I didn't find it difficult to memorize Al-Qur'an, because I have school in the SDIT Al-Husnayain that requires the students to memorize Al-Qur'an, and maybe different with my friends from the other elementary school like SDN who might not be required to memorize the Al-Qur'an.

When I was in Boarding School in one day I had to memorize the Qur'an and depositing my memorization to my tahfidz teacher, I started memorizing of 28 Juz because when I was in elementary school I had to memorize 2 Juz (juz 29-30) of Al-Qu'ran so when in my Boarding School I just need to continue my memorization but I have to be tested first. "Do I really have memorized two chapters Al-Qur'an?." In one day I had to deposit one or more pages in one of surah Al-Qur'an which I memorized.

Initially it was a little difficult because when I was in elementary school my teacher are not forced me to memorize one page or more every day, but eventually it becomes a habit, a must and necessity for me and my friends to memorizing Al-Qur'an.

So I want to share about the Quickest ways that I do to memorize Al-Qur'an based on my experience.

10- Quickest ways to memorize Al-Qur'an :

1. Intention. First we have to realign "What our intention to memorize the Qur'an?" because at first Arbain Hadith "Hadith Intention" described :

عن أمير المؤمنين أبي حفص عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول "إنما الأعمال بالنيات, وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوى, فمن كانت هجرته إلى الله ورسوله فهجرته إلى الله ورسوله, ومن كانت هجرته إلى دنيا يصيبها و امرأة ينكحها فهجرته إلى ما هاجر إليه "- متفق عليه -

Of the Commander of the Faithful Abu Hafs, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab relates that he heard the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam, say, "Verily actions are by intentions, and for every person is what he intended. So the one whose hijrah was to Allah and His Messenger, then his hijrah was to Allah and His Messenger. And the one whose hijrah was for the world to gain from it, or a woman to marry her, then his hijrah was to what he made hijrah for." 

Make sure that the intention you are making is only for the sake of Allah subḥānahu wa ta'āla (glorified and exalted be He),  to seek His Pleasure so that insya'Allah, with His Mercy, we will be rewarded in the Aakhirah.

2. Use one Mushaaf . I don't know for me use one Mushaaf is very influential, I used mine every single day. And I used a pencil to mark around words and underline ayahs and use post-it notes for the next Juz so I would get excited to reach it.

3. Find a nice place to memorize, find a good time to memorize and find your own style to memorize. (For me the good place for memorize Qur'an is in the mosque, the good time for memorizing is after a dawn prayer and my styles are : I must repeat, repeat and repeat, enjoy every ayahs, find a good tone to read it, find my best pose to memorize from sit, stand up until sleep and if i have give up i'll "angry" with my self and read it again until crying Haha...)

4. Find your Recitation (Tajwid) Coach(es) or learn from Recitation's book.

5. Enjoy every ayahs, every surah, don't make it load! You must proud to yourself because you can memorize Al-Qur'an :) 

6. Muroja'ah or repeat, repeat and repeat, this is the most important part in memorization.

7. Take a break 5-10 minutes, eat and sleep then continue again. 

8. Find rival. Why? It will motivate you, because no one wants to lose from their rivals. Make it a positive competition yay. (I've 10 rivals, I always ask them "Udah sampe mana hafalan lo?" and when their memorize far below me I will proud with my self and if my memorize far below them I'll cry and "ngomel-ngomel" in my heart then I'll pursue them... Hehehe)

9. You must have a target and fears if you can't reach your target. (It's always worth to me hehe, I have target one-two pages/day and I afraid with my tahfidz teacher and with all my rivals-_-)

10. Make it a habit. (It will be your good habit;)

Well that's all from me, may it will be useful for those of you who want to memorize the Qur'an. See you at the next post guys!!!❤

جزاك الله خيرا

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