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Causes that Aid Quran Memorisation

CAUSES THAT AID QURAN MEMORISATION

Book contents

• Translator’s Foreword 5
• Introduction 6
• Benefits of Memorising the Qur’aan 8
• People of Qur’aan are a people of Exalted Rank 8
• The People of Qur’aan hope for a trade that will never perish 8
• We cannot do without the Book of Allaah ‘azza wa jall 9
• Memorisation of the Qur’aan guides you to the Straight Path 9
• Memorising Qur’aan means taking advantage of the moments of life 9
• The Qur’aan is a cure for the hardening of the heart 10
• The Qur’aan increases your Imaan 10
• Indeed in the Messenger of Allaah you have a great example 11
• Memorisation of Qur’aan is from the special characteristics of this Ummah 11
• Our Pious Predecessors and Memorisation of Qur’aan 12
• Memorisation of Qur’aan is easy and easily-accomplished 12
• Huffaadh al-Qur’aan are the people of Qur’aan 13
• None take delight in the Night prayer except the people of Qur’aan 13
• The Qur’aan puts you in the company of the Elite 14
• The Haafidh of Qur’aan… his evidence is in front of him 14
• Treasures of goodness in the memorisation of Qur’aan 14
• The Qur’aan is evidence for you or against you 15
• Hifdh al-Qur’aan eases recitation of Qur’aan at all times 15
• Hifdh al-Qur’aan is one of the causes of salvation from the Hellfire 15
• Memorisation of the Qur’aan is the dowry of the righteous women 15
• The one with the most Qur’aan leads the people 16
• There is no envy except in two 16
• From the honour of Allaah is to honour the carrier of Qur’aan 17
• Allaah raises a people by this Book 17
• Memorisation of the Qur’aan is better than the world and all that is in it 17
• The Haafidh of Qur’aan is the best of people 18
• Tranquility descends upon the people of Qur’aan and mercy envelopes them 18
• The Haafidh of Qur’aan is like a sweet-smelling fruit 18
• Memorisation of the Qur’an and Salvation from the trial of the Dajjal (Antichrist) 19
• With the Qur’an is the love of Allah attained 19
• The Qur’aan opens up the doors of goodness for you 19
• The Qur’an is a Cure – by the Permission of Allah 20
• The Qur’aan is the Banquet of Allaah `azza wa jall 21
• The recitor of Qur’an is a cause for his parents’ mercy 21
• The Qur’an and dispelling anxiety 22
• The Qur’aan is your soul amongst the people of the heavens 22
• The recitor of Qur’aan is not returned to senile old age 22
• The Haafidh of Qur’aan is lowered into his grave before others 23
• With the Qur’aan, you’ll be saved from the punishment of the grave and enter 23
• Paradise
• The Haafidh of Qur’aan is in the Shade of the Throne of the Most Merciful 23
• The Qur’aan intercedes for its companion on the Day of Judgement 24
• The Haafidh of Qur’aan will be in the company of the Noble Angels 24
• The Haafidh of Qur’aan ascends through the levels of Paradise 25
• The state of the Prophet during recitation of the Qur’aan 25
• The state of the Salaf with the Qur’aan 26
• The aspirations of the Salaf in memorising the Qur’aan 26
• The Times in which much Quranic Recitation is preferred 28
• Precious advice to the People of Qur’aan 28
• If only we did that which the Jinn have done 30
• The Qur’aan is not taken from the Mushaf alone nor is Knowledge taken from 30
• the Pages
• A Moment with the Soul 30
• Signs of Abandoning the Qur’aan 31
• Types of Qur’aan Abandonment 32
• Consequences of Abandoning the Qur’an 32
• They are those who do not realise the value of the Qur’aan 33
• Causes that Aid in the Memorisation of the Qur’an : –

• – Establishing the Tawheed of Allaah (`azza wa jall) 34
• – Sincerity in Intention 34
• – Du’aa 35
• – Seeking Forgiveness 35
• – Cleansing of the soul from bad akhlaaq 35
• – That he intends to adorn his heart and clean his soul by his learning 36
• – Dedicating a specific time for Hifdh 36
• – Have a companion to assist you in continuing the hifdh 36
• – Do not become over preoccupied with memorisation that it leads you away 36
• from recitation

• – Salah al-Haajah 37
• – Reading the Tafseer (explanation) of the verses you wish to memorise 37
• – Gradual progression in hifdh 37
• – Adhere to a proficient Shaykh with whom you memorise 37
• – Adhering to one mushaf (copy of the Qur’aan) 37
• – Persisting in the Adhkar (supplications) 37
• – Pray with what you have memorised 38
• – Qiyam al-Lail (the Night Prayer) 38
• – Do not prioritise anything over the Qur’an 38
• – Penalise yourself for shortcomings 38
• – Do not start memorisation except after learning the rules of recitation 39
• – Know that hifdh al-Qur’an is the first step to seeking knowledge 39
• – Beware of arrogance and deception 39
• – Preserving wudhu (ablution) with Ihsan 40
• – Strive to attain a good end 40
• – Envision the delights of Paradise and the Punishment of the Hellfire 40
• Learn the Qur’an before it’s lifted from the Pages and the Hearts 41

Translator’s Foreword

Indeed, all Praises is due to Allah, we praise Him, seek His Help and Forgiveness and we seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and the evil consequences of our actions.

Whomsoever Allah guides, no-one can lead him astray and whomsoever He leaves astray, no- one can guide him. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, the Most High and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and final Messenger – sallallaahu`alayhi wa sallam.

“Truly, Allaah raises a people by this Book and debases others by it.” [Sahih Muslim]

–     The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam).

Whoever wishes for honour and glory in this life and in the Hereafter, then upon such a person is to make a resolute return to the Book of Allah, `azza wa jall.

Whoever desires to ascend the ranks of ‘ilm (knowledge) and attain wisdom and intellect, then he or she must have recourse to the Qur’aan as a primary starting-point. This Book was not revealed only to be recited and decorated, but it was revealed to be learnt, taught and acted upon.

It was revealed to establish societies, build constitutions, reform the minds of Mankind and take them out of the darkness of oppression and ignorance which has long engulfed them. This Qur’an is the strong rope of Allah Ta’aala, which links the earth to the heavens and saves souls from eternal doom.

Whoever takes it as a leader, it leads him to Paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth, to a seat of Truth near the King of kings. But whoever casts it behind him and neglects its right, then it only casts such a person into Hellfire, the mother of all destruction, despair, humiliation and evil.

As an Ummah, it really is upon us – individually and altogether – to make a collective return to the Wahy (revelation) just as the Companions did in their lifetime (radhiallahu `anhum). It is only then that success, victory, prosperity and all goodness will reach us and lay itself at our feet as it did with the first generation.

It is a Sunnah of Allah, `azza wa jall, that this entire universe will subject itself for the one whom Allah is pleased with and wishes to honour – and this is the honour for the one who honours the Book of Allah.

It was a realisation of this need for us to return to Qur’aan that led me to translate this small book. As a young student in Cairo memorising Qur’an, this was the first book I purchased on the topic of hifdh al-Qur’an primarily to help and assist me with my studies but the benefit

 I found therein was so abundant that I felt it was my duty to make it available to the English- speaking audience that perhaps they may also find what I found and lead them to the great journey of memorising and studying the Qur’aan deeply.

I ask Allah to make this small effort of translating this book beneficial for all and make it a cause for many to embark on the noble path of memorising and learning the Qur’aan. Farhia Yahya Ramadhan 1429

Book’s Introduction –

Innal hamdalillaah wa-salaatu wa-salaamu ‘alaa Rasoolillaah

Indeed, the Noble Qur’aan is the Book of Allaah which is the Seal of all the Scriptures… it is the course for a complete life that ensures prosperity and happiness for the servant in this life and in the Hereafter. It is the inimitable Word of Allaah that is not approached by falsehood neither from before it nor from behind it.

Before the advent of the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam), Mankind was in the darkness of shirk and kufraan (disbelief) until the Messenger (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) came with the Book of Allaah ‘azza wa jall, to take this entire universe out from this darkness into the lights of Tawheed and Imaan – and for this reason, Allaah subhaanahu wa ta’aala has said about this great Book,