Arabic → English transcript

Anyone who wants to memorize the Qur’an, honestly,

I have a tried- and- true method I tested.

I mean it is important,

and I find it good even for students, they actually benefit from it.

But it is based on rules, you know, and on

important things before a person even…

I am sure that many of the people listening to me want to memorize the Qur’an

but do not know how to start, and do not know how… where to start from.

So the first thing I want to say is, my brother,

I mean, as soon as… You memorize the Qur’an,

you do not think about how long it will take you to memorize it.

And this is actually a problem.

Someone comes to you and says,“ By God, shaykh,

how long will it take me to memorize it?”

Well, my brother, your abilities…

You do not know what your abilities are like, so some of them…

They find the distance too great. The first thing we…

A person must firmly resolve and make the intention,

and seek knowledge for the sake of God Almighty,

and intend to memorize the Noble Qur’an.

But it is essential that he adopts— has— a plan.

So one of the most important elements of this plan is that he takes a shaykh.

They said… They do not read…

Do not take the Qur’an from my muṣḥaf,

and do not let a journalist teach you…

The hadith, this is an important task,

that a person reads the Noble Qur’an.

The second point is that he should have a clear plan according to his own

ability in teaching… In memorizing the Holy Qur’an.

For example, I get students, I mean, a lot of people come to me and say,“ Brother,

my son here, can he memorize the Qur’an?

Why hasn’t he memorized it in all these years?” I say to him,“ No,

if you make a plan and you stick to it…

The most important thing is your commitment to this plan.

I expect that in four years a student can memorize the Qur’an very, very easily.

This is of course at the very least,

the Qur’an has 600 pages, 604 pages.

Over four years at a rate of half a page a day, half a page. Look at this half page.

Some people see it as very simple and say,“ Brother,

I memorize it in fifteen minutes.” Yes, but fifteen minutes for how long?

In four years you will memorize the entire Holy Qur’an,

and also I am giving you breaks, giving you one day off a week, giving you Fridays,

giving you holidays.

Your city on Friday and your city on Eid you take a break and let yourself rest

So the most important thing is the plan, meaning with this same plan for example,

in four years you memorize half a page every day If you memorize one page every day

you will finish in how long?

In two years if every day you memorize,

for example, three pages you will finish in less time,

if you memorize four pages every day you will finish in even less, so the key

thing is that you memorize

a specific portion