Intention
Q: I am currently memorizing the Quran and studying to be a talib al ilm (student of knowledge). However, I am sure that part of my reason for this is riyaa (showing off). Please help me to purify my intentions completely.
A: Satan has strange ways to prevent people from doing good deeds. One of them is to convince them that they are not doing what they are doing for the sake of Allah. Through his whispers, he tells you not to pray or not to give money in charity because someone is looking and you may not be sincere in your actions. Those who listen to his advice and obey him end up with OCD and would always doubt everything they do. He would literally destroy people’s lives through these whispers of his. You should ignore these whispers and increase what you are doing so that you would harm Satan by doing that. It was reported that a man was walking with his friend when they say a funeral going to the graveyard. One of them said to the other: let us follow it. The other man paused for few seconds and then accompanied his friend. He asked him: why did you pause? He told him that he wanted to follow it because his friend told him so. That is why he paused to make his intention solely for the sake of Allah.
Therefore, the one who is advising you and telling you that you are showing off is Satan himself. Ignore him and intend all of your actions for the sake of Allah.
Source: Assim Alhakeem
A: Satan has strange ways to prevent people from doing good deeds. One of them is to convince them that they are not doing what they are doing for the sake of Allah. Through his whispers, he tells you not to pray or not to give money in charity because someone is looking and you may not be sincere in your actions. Those who listen to his advice and obey him end up with OCD and would always doubt everything they do. He would literally destroy people’s lives through these whispers of his. You should ignore these whispers and increase what you are doing so that you would harm Satan by doing that. It was reported that a man was walking with his friend when they say a funeral going to the graveyard. One of them said to the other: let us follow it. The other man paused for few seconds and then accompanied his friend. He asked him: why did you pause? He told him that he wanted to follow it because his friend told him so. That is why he paused to make his intention solely for the sake of Allah.
Therefore, the one who is advising you and telling you that you are showing off is Satan himself. Ignore him and intend all of your actions for the sake of Allah.
Source: Assim Alhakeem
Maintaining the Sequence
If a person is part of a class, and for some reason is not able to memorize for a few days, then when they resume, should they still keep the sequence and start where they left off, or keep up with the class and make up the missed pages?
It is imperative that they maintain the sequential order. Otherwise, it will prove to be challenging for the student to retain and later on, recollect the hifdh of those aayaat. Mentally, creating a visual picture with correct sequencing, will also prove to be difficult. WHilst doing hifdh in a group had benefits, it is better to memorise at one's own individual pace & quantity.
Source: Fee Qalbee
It is imperative that they maintain the sequential order. Otherwise, it will prove to be challenging for the student to retain and later on, recollect the hifdh of those aayaat. Mentally, creating a visual picture with correct sequencing, will also prove to be difficult. WHilst doing hifdh in a group had benefits, it is better to memorise at one's own individual pace & quantity.
Source: Fee Qalbee
Perfected Mistakes
If a person has 'perfected mistakes', how can they be corrected? Meaning, they make the SAME mistake each time they recite that page, then they note the mistake, but repeat this all the time.
For engrained, established errors: Re-learn the verses. Set aside a weekend every now and then, to do this, so that there isn't a back-log of correcting weaker verses. Also, when you re-learn the verses, recite it to your teacher or classmate a few times. And, include in salah soon thereafter, for atleast a week. Follow the guidance provided on correcting mutashaabihaat verses. Practise writing out the verses atleast thrice. And lastly, reading through a translation of the verse may help improve the hifdh quality of that verse. Remember, established errors set in over time, so be patient and give yourself time to correct at a consistent pace.
For engrained, established errors: Re-learn the verses. Set aside a weekend every now and then, to do this, so that there isn't a back-log of correcting weaker verses. Also, when you re-learn the verses, recite it to your teacher or classmate a few times. And, include in salah soon thereafter, for atleast a week. Follow the guidance provided on correcting mutashaabihaat verses. Practise writing out the verses atleast thrice. And lastly, reading through a translation of the verse may help improve the hifdh quality of that verse. Remember, established errors set in over time, so be patient and give yourself time to correct at a consistent pace.
Sou
There are many verses which end with Azeezun Hakeem, Gafoorur Raheem, etc. What is the best way to know which words come in these ayaat?
Read through the translation AND tasfeer, so that you can create a mental 'bridge', connecting the earlier part of the verse to the Divine Attributes with which the verse concludes. You could also draw up a table, where you list the order in which the Attributes appear in your hifdh, viz: in their descending order.
Source: Fee Qalbee
Read through the translation AND tasfeer, so that you can create a mental 'bridge', connecting the earlier part of the verse to the Divine Attributes with which the verse concludes. You could also draw up a table, where you list the order in which the Attributes appear in your hifdh, viz: in their descending order.
Source: Fee Qalbee