Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Advice and Virtues for Memorizing the Qur’an
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my dear respected friends
it's really an honor to be here with all of this Quran that's
being recited and beautifying our minds, inspiring our hearts. And
in sha Allah we returned from here today.
Filled in sha Allah with the inspiration of the Quran, the
Quran
is the divine word of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada
it's as old as any it's a it's as old as any speech that there is.
It's it's it reflects the eternal speech of Allah subhanahu wa Tada.
Scholars like Imam Ghazali mentioned that just taking the
name Allah,
even in negligence, even just in the passing Allah, Allah said they
saw, Oh Allah, just just even without any kind of concentration,
that will also have its benefit because it's a very powerful word
that the name of Allah and thus the Quran is, are the words of
Allah subhanaw taala and the Quran regardless of how it's recited
just us being infused by it, I'm sure there's majority of us here
probably don't even understand what's being recited, which is
unfortunate. But still, mashallah most of the readers that I've
listened to so far. I'm sure the original mother tongue was not
Arabic, but they read as, as an Arab. And that's exactly what a
pseudo Allah salAllahu Alaihe Salam has actually commanded us to
do to Ecuador Khurana, Bella Hoon, and Arab to recite the Quran
because it has to be read in a particular way, just so that it
remains a standard way of reading where every word is said
correctly. And that's why Arab Arabic is actually a very perfect
language, because it's probably one of the only languages where
you have to learn to read the way of pronounciation. That's a
miracle of the preservation of the Quran itself. Because in English,
there's so many different ways you can say things. You go to the
South Africans, they'll say South Africa, will say South Africa,
right? Just just in that alone, right? And then, and they both
considered to be completely fine. In fact, English, you have
English, which is
the Hindustani English, it's actually called English by the
way, that's the official name of it. And the South Africans will
say 50 instead of 50.
That's a big difference is they don't do turkey. Unfortunately.
They say 50. And then when the
foreigners Indian people from India, Pakistan, etc, come to
South African, they hear it, they actually do mubadala, they say 50
because they can't get the 50 in between as the South Africans do
it. So that's a special way of doing it. So you got the 50 you
have the 50 and you have the 50. Right. But anyway, that's just
when when the when is the Quran you can read it any tune that
allows the Tajweed but the main thing is that the didgeridoo and
thus it's a very accurate it's a very accurate way of intonation.
Allah subhanho wa Taala says but who is Tomba unit? These are clear
signs these are clear vs. Fi sudo realtyna otolaryngol which are in
the hearts of those who have been granted knowledge, what an honor
that all of these young people and mashallah in our Ummah, we have
huge amounts of people who have the Quran by heart may also be
allowed to infuse us with its meaning and its other Baraka but
aside from Justice recitation
there's a numerous Hadith on this subject. I want to mention some
practical points after mentioning a few generations in the short
time that we have primarily geared towards both the students who are
trying to memorize the Quran.
For those who've already memorized the Quran, and especially the
parents, who have children memorizing the Quran, or would
love their children to memorize the Quran, and who wouldn't want
such a great honor in this world, which then will also benefit in
the hereafter. Allah subhanho wa Taala the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam says in this hadith Sahih Muslim,
Abu Omar Al bahini mentioned that I heard the Prophet sallallahu
Sallam saying that you should recite the Quran because it will
come. It will appear on the day of judgment as an intercessor. For
the person who has the Quran, it will intercede for you the fact
that you had the Quran in this world that you used to recite it,
you memorized it on the Day of Judgment, the one thing that will
not forget you will be the Quran. The Quran will come and say this
person used to recite me.
And thus it will argue it's the best form of argument. It's one of
the best forms of argument you have on the Day of Judgment, that
it will not die, it will not desert you.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam his value for the Quran
used to be so great that among his companions, where they needed to
be a distinction made between who becomes the leader who becomes the
Emir who is put forth even in the janazah, even when a number of
shahada number of martyrs had to be buried together and they had to
put two, they had to put two into one grave. They would give
preference to those who had more Quran. The Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam used to give the flag the standard to the one who
had the most Quran, the prophets of Allah would make a meal, the
one who had the most Quran who would recite the most Quran, he
would make that person an imam who could read the most so who knew
the most look at the distinctions with the Quran? The Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. It's even mentioned in the narrations
that sometimes people have married just by because of the Quran that
they would teach their wives. That would be the Mahara and the dowry
the Quran for every Surah that there is and if somebody who's
memorized the entire Quran, mashallah for every Surah there
are so many virtues if you look at the books by Imam nawawi Imam coda
to be and numerous others speaking about the father of the Quran
specifically about the different sources for example, there's a
narration by Imam Muslim
there's a narration by Imam Muslim again from Abu mama Alba Hillier
the Allahu Allah allah sallallahu sallam said recite the Quran will
come
as an intercessor for you on the Day of Judgment. Recite the two
flowers, the two roses of the Quran the two beautiful flowers of
the Quran Zahra Wayne Al Baqarah Surah either Imran recite those
two swords the first two after sort of their values, so to
dakara, sort of early Imran. They will come on the day of judgment
as a cloud a shade above you.
There's other descriptions as mentioned as well, to her journey
and US hobby Hema, they will actually argue your case, if
you're in trouble if we're in trouble on the day of judgment.
And it's very likely that be the case because of sometimes our
state of our disobedience sometimes we at least have this to
look forward to that the Quran will come and argue our case.
A half of who is the person who memorizes the Quran, his character
should be
inspired by the Quran. Look at what Abdullah Hypno Masuda the
Allahu Anhu says about the person who is a half is of the Quran.
Those of you who are memorizing the Quran, who are still young,
sometimes don't understand the significance of what you're
getting into, of what you're acquiring.
And
Abdullah Hibino, Masuda the Allahu Anhu says that for the person who
holds the Quran in his heart, he should be known by his knights
when other people are sleeping.
He should be known by his days when other people are eating,
which means that he should be known to wake up and read the
Quran in tahajjud and night vigils. In the daytime, he should
be fasting
because the Quran should inspire him to do that and take him that
much closer to Allah.
And by his grief and concern when other people are excited about
nothing,
and by his crying and weeping when other people are laughing and
ingest.
And by his silence when other people are engaged in idle talk
and waste of time, and by his fear
when other people are boasting and arrogantly strutting around the
world
For the person who is a hermit of the Quran, he should be Mr. Kenan
lady in and he should be soft hearted and humble.
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Wala ya han, wala Sahaba and wala hottie Hadith and this is not the
character of somebody who has the Quran who has memorized parts of
the Quran or of the Quran that they be harsh, be constantly
engaged in debate, useless disputes. They should not be
shouting around, shrieking
in various different places like this, and they should not be harsh
and hard hearted.
For the luminaria of the great Tabby, he said how middle Quran
Hameed Araya till Islam, the one who holds the Quran, the one who
possesses the Quran, he is the one who's holding up the flag of
Islam. That's a massive responsibility. That's a very big
responsibility. Really, all of us who have been half especially from
a young age when we don't really understand the significance, it's
something that our parents, our environment, our family, our
teachers encouraged us to do. And suddenly we're half isn't we're 16
years old, 14 years old, 13 years old, and we don't really know what
we have. There, there aren't enough inspiration, inspirational
pauses in between the heads of the Quran every year, every six
months, inspiration be given us to what they are carrying.
This is something I think that really we need to understand what
we're getting out of the Quran like this. That's why he says that
the one who holds the Quran is the one who's going to hold up. He is
the one who's holding up the flag of Islam. It is not appropriate
for that person then to be engaged in idle pastimes, or just ingest
in mockery. And a person who's just then wasting his time.
Rockabye ignore Amina journey. He relates that once the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came up to us
and we were in the sofa. So he's one of the US habits so for those
people who used to study in Masjid number week, with Abu Huraira, the
Allah one, the prophets of Allah Islam came out once to us while
we're on the sofa, and he says, Which one of you now this is not
just for those who are doing hymns of the Quran because they're
getting this anyway. But if you know this is what you're getting,
then inshallah it will inspire you encouraging you encourage you to
learn more. But this is also for those who think they're beyond
memorization, who think they're beyond
that they they can only expect that their children are going to
memorize the Quran. Now, look at what the Prophet sallallahu Sallam
says in this narration narrated by Imam Muslim. The Prophet
sallallahu sallam said that which one of you would love that they go
to the baton or the Akik these are areas and valleys just outside of
Madina Munawwara who would love to go out to these areas and come
back each time after they've gone there. Come back each time with
Nakata now katine Kumar Waney, to come back with two really fleshy
camels like well endowed flesh, camels that are very expensive.
Those with the huge humps, lot of flesh, very expensive. camels were
the most prized and most expensive possession that you could have in
those days, pretty much. So who would love to go to those places?
Come back each time with two of them.
How would you go each time and come back with two unless you
stole them? What's the easiest way you don't have that kind of money?
So to be able to go somewhere and then bring back to massive camels
Rolls Royces each day, you'd be stealing. Probably. That's the
easiest way to do it. By borrow steal. So come by, come borrow it,
you're gonna steal them. So the professor Lawson said, to bring
back two of these camels each time be lady if men
without any sin incurred
and what are called a ramen or what are called ramen. And without
breaking any ties of kinship, you're not taking from your
relatives and destroying your relationship with them. And the
Sahaba who they said of course all of us called an IRS will lie all
of us. So He says if any of you go in the morning, for example, to
the masjid every time and they go and read learn to verses go to the
masjid just sit down and learn to verses
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chime, especially as Ramadan is coming, if he goes and learns
these two that will be superior for him
to those two camels, and then he said, If three than three camels,
and so on, that's an aeration of Sahih Muslim. So you've got great
incentive.
The few practical tips to end up, this is my survey, and those who
teach heads here will probably agree with me, in general, that
this has been my observation.
Out of every 10, people who enter into heads, or heads program,
every 10 students that enter,
they will be one to two who will just blaze through, the teacher
won't have to put too much effort, they will want to wake up
themselves and learn and they will put their own effort in, I had one
such student. And you know, as a Hibs, teacher, sometimes you have
to use your time very wisely in the sense that you're listening to
two students at once. And sometimes some even listen to
three is humanly impossible to do that. And to fool can give full
concentration, but what you're really doing is kind of listening
a bit here listening, but they're listening a bit there, and kind of
using your mind to understand that they're not skipping or whatever
the case is.
Sometimes I wouldn't listen to her properly, because I knew she knew
it. And I would be listening to somebody or a young girl. And she
would stop me and say, Can you listen to this part again, please,
because I think I may have a mistake here.
A number of other students, they will say, okay, the teacher is
focused somewhere else, we're just going to skip,
it's just the habit, or we'll do it later, or whatever the case is.
So you'll get one to two out of 10, that will just blaze through
on the opposing end, you'll have one to two that will probably
never make it either because they just can't do it, or they just
don't want to do it. That's generally the statistic, the six
to eight people in between,
out of every 10 They're the most challenging ones. And most of the
students will find themselves in that category. Unfortunately, it's
still better than that. The second category I spoke about, now these
people, they find it very exciting to memorize the Quran, first Jews,
second, Jews, third Jews, and then it starts getting complicated,
because now you start forgetting. And then suddenly you have to
contend with the motor shall be hot. These really scary things
which you suddenly start realizing that the Quran is not all
different, completely, there are many similar areas. And thus, when
you come to this path, instead of going in the right direction,
we're going to the other direction, because that's the
direction you took last time, which means it's the verse you
read last time. Now to start understanding these things it
gets, it takes effort. Problem is that once you get to three or four
pages, you have to start giving it more more attention. More
attention means you have to give up computer time, give up football
time, and give up reading time on other time. That is where the
biggest challenges the our teachers would come I was a
principal at the time this student is not learning
is for three months is just not learn properly. I would call the
show and say you know what? Let's just forget his you're going to
leave his hips class tomorrow.
His dad will be there. Sometimes you're finished. Why don't you
just go and sit in the other classes? At least you learn some
massage oil, you learn some other Islamic history and other things.
Why do you want to insist on doing this? No, I want to carry on. But
for three months, he's not done anything.
They want to do it. But they don't want to put the effort in there.
What how easy would it have been if you just had to keep learning
fresh new lessons 1234 or five pages every day, and just forget
the back that just be preserved. Unfortunately, that doesn't
happen. That's the challenge of it. It starts getting challenging,
the more you do, but in terms of that, these are some guidelines.
Learn your first lesson, your Subak as they call it, your first
the fresh lesson learn that as strongly as possible. Because any
mistake in there is going to be carried into your, your Subak
Supatra, whatever you want to call it. And any mistakes left there is
going to be carried on to your previous sections that you know.
So if you everyday you're learning it well. You won't have any
inherent intrinsically inherent mistakes that will then continue
as a you know as something you inherit throughout. Try to just
make your lesson as solid as possible.
Number two,
it's allowed to mark with pencil lightly. Unfortunately, what some
people are doing, they're marking with pen. I'm mentioning this
because I find this really grossly wrong
They mark with pen, blue, red. They scars the Quran for life. In
fact, when I was studying in Syria and I was reading my Quran to
Sheikh Abdullah Zagal, Halaby, Rama hula, he had a heads chain to
the province of the lowson, which we generally in the Indo Pak don't
have. And I would make little marks with pencil very lightly,
and the people sitting around me, they would be horrified. What are
you doing? How can you make marks in the Quran? Right, so then the
Sheikh said, look, it's okay, he's just doing it to remind himself,
but with a pen, it actually scars it for life. And then the student
ends up not even knowing that the teacher gets angry, put a red pen
right through, you don't make a darker mark with a pencil if you
have to. But at least they can be raised.
Of course, I don't have to mention the jury. That's something that's
already been spoken about. Try to memorize in a calm, measured slow
fashion. Anybody who has memorized the Quran slowly, will be able to
read fast if he wants to. But anybody who has memorized it fast
will find it extremely difficult to read slowly. Because they'll
get stuck, they just know it too fast. Try to use the same type of
mishap style, because what we're doing in memorization is not just
learning the words, but we're learning, we're actually
memorizing the pictures of the page, each page of the Quran we're
memorizing. So we're taking, like a picture of it, that's very
beneficial, then, to remind us where things thought it just an
additional assistant, and help. Remember that the brain above all
is a muscle, the more you use it, the more it's going to inshallah
be productive. So don't think that you're gonna get
by using it more that you're actually going to become more
dull, you'll actually become better by him. And that's why you
notice that people are able to memorize much more as they
continue. And the one great thing is that the world we're living in
right now, when nothing, hardly anything is memorized as an audio
visual world. Even in schools. Those who become half is at young
age, they generally do very well they're able to do very well in
school as well and in other subjects.
listening attentively to good recitals of the next part helps in
assists in in memorization.
Eat foods that are not known to strengthen the mind. There are
many things that are mentioned. And I'm not
a dietitian to give you you know, expert advice on this, but some
say seven almonds a day, some raisins. Walnuts are supposed to
be very good for the brain. But these kinds of things are supposed
to assist, of course in terms of spiritually
what is supposed to some some say that read Surah Surah two in sha
Allah Masha Allah Castlerock a few times before starting, that is
supposed to help because of the meaning of the of the surah
talking about elimination like a sort of didn't we expand your your
chest for you?
According to one tafsir where Allah subhanaw taala says
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those who remember Allah standing, sitting and lying down, I forget
who is either two studies tafseer or one of the others. But he
mentions in there that when a person is memorizing the Quran,
when the person is reading the Quran, some parts of it you can do
standing up some part of it sitting down and then when you
kind of know it, then you can lie down and read a few times. So you
also benefit from those who remember Allah standing, sitting
lying down. So you know when you're memorizing the Quran, you
want to read it nine times or something three times read it
standing up three times, or sitting down first, then standing
up, and then just lay down and read your Quran like that as well.
I think the change of the movement should assist you as well in terms
of just breaking the monotony.
Above all, just remember that the Quran will be a gift is a gift
from Allah subhanaw taala is his words He gives gives it to whom He
pleases. So ask Allah for Tofik ask Allah for assistance, ask
Allah for facilitation, ask Allah for ease. And Allah subhana wa
Taala will inshallah give us that, you know, just some practical
points. May Allah subhanaw taala allow
every single family
of Muslims, that if they can't have all of their children
memorize the Quran, which is the ultimate, then they have at least
one of their children, memorize the Quran in the house, they
should be the goal of every parent, that they have at least
one of their children, memorize the entire Quran, what a wonderful
thing will be that a person has somebody who has the entire Quran
in their heart, in the home, the baraka, the blessing that will
come from that is amazing. And then in sha Allah, that particular
child will become an intercessor for a number of people from their
family in sha Allah on the day of judgment as well. May Allah
subhana wa
Tada, illuminate us all beautify all of our hearts with the Quran
and may Allah subhanaw taala facilitate and make it easy for us
and keep us adherent to the Quran and then ascend in paradise with
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