Quality not Quantity

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْض

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Some of the best advice a person can give to a student of Hifz, is that quality not quantity as in

not to proceed until you have perfected. One of the biggest mistakes that students, including myself make is that they tend to go ahead whilst failing to keep up with revision, which can lead to forgetting what one has memorised in the past.

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As akhee Saifur Rahmaan has already said There is no point proceeding with your memorisation if you have not perfected what you learnt previously. One routine can be to give sabaq, then give revision of previous 2/3 days sabaq and then to give longer revison, maybe half a juzz starting from Juzz 1.

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By keeping up this routine you can ensure that you keep on going ahead but at the same time, what you have learnt previously stays fresh in your mind.

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Whilst on the topic a gem from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud "Certainly, I consider/regard a man who has forgotten knowledge which he used to know/possess to be the result of the sins he used to do."

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Wa Aakhiru Da'awana Anil Hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Aalameen

Our Banners on the Northern horizon

The light approaches from the North, it is vivid upon Al Baqarah's northern hills. This sight can be seen throughout the Kingdom...The day of the great return is near. The entire horizon is captivated with this, every man returns. Upon every galley, not a single one not filled to its full capacity. This is our promised return...The day draws ever closer, my heart shall feel this. The fleet is to reach The Northern Shores in three days.

We shall return to stabilise the territories, these blessed lands, which have been withering away from my mind how ash withers away with the wind. The signal has been sounded, they are alerted of our return. They shall tremble with the first sounds of battle, with Allah's will we are to find every rebellion emerging from Al Baqarah to Al Furqan, and put them down one by one.

Upon this return, there is no possibility for advance. Four months for the act of revival of every Side, Realm and Kingdom under our remembrance. 18 Realms, The Four Months. The situation has called for the revival of four and a half Realms every week.

Without the completion of this operation, advance will become impossible, for our task will become more difficult with the coming of later times. We are granted 3 years from the first inflitration, in Al Baqarah, 2 years ago. This is the time for advance on all fronts.

May Allah make this task easy. Ameen.

The forced withdrawal

Al Furqan Gate, 18th Realms, Southern side, Province of Al Furqan.

Dusk, 17th Shawwal 1428, they uttered “Iqramah’s men are again fleeing the frontlines” exchanging glances making a ridicule of any organised final offensive. This was not the final mobilisation, but this will be the longest withdrawal from all fronts, disbanding all the troops from the frontline, while the defensive forces are so few. For the first time in the history of this campaign, our conquered territories are completely defenceless. An Imtihanaat Army approaches, but this Army was not a Hafs orientated, disruptive force. A beast of which the likes have never been seen before approaches, this has led me to disband the entire Army, but the few Revisionary Armies. These Armies will have no avail against any forces which will engage it in battle, only watching these blessed lands disintegrate before their very eyes. It shatters my heart to strive for so long for the very thing which will now slowly become depleted, except those which are dearest to me.
Camped inside Al Furqan’s gates, from here men will be leaving the frontline in their masses. Dismissed from duty, not turning back for a second, their eyes overflow with the grief of retreat burning their pounding hearts. Such sights are more dreadful than the bloodiest of battles.
Ramadan 1428 had enforced us well, enough to make a huge advance through two Realms to the point where we camp now. We are one side from entering into the 19th Realms, lodged into three sides of Al Furqan. Among our great triumphs was Al Anbiya, which fell in five days … The allied Kingdoms of Al Hajj, Mu’minoon and An Nur followed this. This was possible through the consistent movement; God had not allowed us to breathe without advancement daily for over three months.
This is the final entry before I too shall withdraw to attend this enemy at our gates, only to return to this cause, The Quran, to become of those who are the Huffaz, Guardians of the Holy Book.

Assalamu Alaikum

Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah,

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَالَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
Blessed is He who sent down the criterion to His servant, that it may be an admonition to all creatures,

This is my first post on this beautiful blog masha'Allah and I'd like to start by giving a few tips on how to boost ones memorisation. I know its not going to be the best of advices but here it goes anyway:

1) Ikhlaas (Sincerity) - Be sincere; dont have the intention of becoming a Hafidh for any other reason other than pleasing Allah (swt).

2) You must have a teacher - I think best memorisation comes out when have someone supervising you. When you memorize by yourself, it is not easy to catch your mistakes, something your teacher would obviously do. This can lead to incorrect pronounciation and memorisation.

3) Specify a daily limit for memorisation - Make sure you have a set amount of lines/pages that you will memorize each day. In my opinion, I think that 1 side of a Saudi mushaf is just right. If you can learn more then alhamdulillah.

4) Use one type of mushaf - Using one type of mushaf will enable you memorize more effectively as it will make it easier for you to picture the pages in your head. I prefer the Saudi mushaf as each page ends with an ayah.

5) Listen to the Qur'an recited by others - I found that if you listen to your favourite recitor (Sheikh Shuraim/Budair) reciting the part you are going to memorise, then you tend to remember it better.

6) Not to proceed until you have perfected - There is no point proceeding with your memorisation if you have not perfected what you leanrt previously. One routine can be to give sabaq, then give revision of previous 2/3 days sabaq and then to give longer revison, maybe half a juzz starting from Juzz 1.

Some other advices my teachers gave me:

- make sure you have wudhu.
- refrain from committing major sins.
- memorise after Maghrib/Fajr.
- when memorising, recite aloud.

I hope this has helped insha'Allah.

Wassalamu Alaikum.

jewels of wisdom

i came across a very beautiful saying mentioned in the book سيرة الاءمام احمد بن حنبل رحمه الله regarding the goodness of youth, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said '' I cannot compare youth with aught except something that was in my sleeve and then it fell out''.

regarding nobility

Imam ahmad was asked about nobility and he said '' It is to abandon that which you desire for the sake of that which you fear''.

Quotes taken from the book entitled ''The biography of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (May ALLAH have mercy upon him)

Assalamu Alaykum

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُ عِوَجَا

Praise be to Allah, Who hath sent to His Servant the Book, and hath allowed therein no crookedness

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This is my first post on this great blog run by our brother General Iqram. My first post is going to be focused on remeberance . One of the easiest ways to remember is simple, read the Quran regularly, in my opinion it is better to read short amounts often rather than long amounts less frequently, for example in the mornings after Fajr read over your last few Sabaqs and After Asr/Maghrib read 1/4 Juzz from the back everyday to secure the remeberance. Allah SWT says in Surah Muzzammil 'So He hath turned to you (in mercy): read ye, therefore, of the Qur’an as much as may be easy for you' Do not be scared to read from the Quran in Salah, read parts from your last few sabaqs in Nafil Salahs as this is an excellent way of rememberance and holds great rewards.

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Also keeping away from sinning is also an important factor Al-Khateeb reported in al-Jaami‘ (2/387) that Yahya ibn Yahya said: “A man asked Maalik ibn Anas, ‘O Abu ‘Abd-Allah! Is there anything that will improve my memory?’ He said, ‘If anything will improve it, it is giving up sin.’”

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Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As reported: The Prophet (SAW) said, "The one who was devoted to the Qur'an will be told on the Day of Resurrection: `Recite and ascend (in ranks) as you used to recite when you were in the world. Your rank will be at the last Ayah you recite.'' [Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].

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May Allah SWT give me and us all the tawfiq to learn and act upon his Quran..Ameen

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Wa Alaykumus Salam

jus conveyin the best of greetings Assalam u alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh

Bismillahir Rahman ir Raheem

well this is my first post for this blog and i jus wanna inform u that my posts are not usually that inspirational as our dear brother general iqram, his posts are always inspirational and i pick up alot of useful tips from his posts masha ALLAH, so know that if i ever did happen to write a post that is inspirational and beneficial it is by the will of ALLAH,


take care o muslim brothers and sisters and all those desiring to become haafiz continue with the struggle, do not give up and remember that one of the characteristics of the hufaaz is that they excercise sabr (patience) so let us be patience and struggle in this noble cause and may ALLAH make us do it only for his sake and no one else's, ameen.