Mufti Menk – Tips for memorizing the Qur’an

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The speaker advises the audience to work on their relationship with the creator by practicing and repeating the holy Bible. They stress the importance of holding what or maintaining what has been memorized, as it is the act of worship and the most important lesson learned. The speaker also emphasizes the need to practice upon what has been memorized and to continually review and reflect on the verses.

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			Can you give some tips for memorizing the
		
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			Quran? And,
		
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			my son is in the crowd. Please listen
		
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			attentively.
		
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			The Quran is the word of Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala. A person's got to realize that
		
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			in order for you to hold the word
		
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			of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			the miracle that was given to Rasulullah Sallahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam and to this ummah. Again,
		
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			you yourself have got to work on your
		
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			relationship with the creator.
		
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			Do you think that a person who's constantly
		
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			involved in,
		
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			sin and that which displeases Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, do you think that memorizing the Quran
		
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			will be made easy for him? It may
		
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			not. So you've got to work on that
		
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			relationship with the Creator himself. That's point number
		
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			1. Point number 2
		
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			is hith and memorization,
		
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			in my opinion, is repetition.
		
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			The more you repeat,
		
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			the more you're able to gather the verses
		
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			of Allah
		
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			And sometimes we hear
		
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			of people, or we think when somebody tells
		
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			us repeat the verse 10 times, 20 times,
		
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			30 times, we think it's too much.
		
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			And there's those who repeat
		
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			304101000
		
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			times, trust me, it's not a lot, it's
		
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			not
		
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			a lot. If after you've developed your relationship
		
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			with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, it's repetition, and
		
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			you constantly
		
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			repeat, and don't think that it's too much
		
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			to repeat. Also, what's important to mention is
		
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			holding
		
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			what or maintaining what you've memorized.
		
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			At times a person may be made to
		
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			forget,
		
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			due
		
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			to some of the scholars mentioned sin, or
		
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			at times it's human nature.
		
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			And by you going back to revise and
		
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			go over those verses again, it's also an
		
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			act of worship. If It's a constant work
		
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			in progress for every single one of us,
		
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			and
		
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			the person who embarks on this journey becomes
		
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			closer to the word of
		
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			and you find barakah in your life.
		
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			So,
		
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			yeah.
		
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			Allah
		
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			grant us all the ability to be
		
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			and to practice
		
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			upon what we memorize. At times, people may
		
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			have memorized the Quran. However, they don't know
		
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			or they're unable
		
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			to extract one lesson from what they've memorized.
		
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			And the point of this Quran, obviously, we
		
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			recite,
		
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			we memorize, and we've got to understand, we've
		
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			got to ponder and reflect over the verses
		
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			and put it into practice. What's the point
		
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			in knowing the whole Quran
		
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			and your character and conduct is completely opposite
		
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			of what the Quran
		
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			teaches
		
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			and what
		
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			rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam taught us.