Today's verse

ﺳﻮﺭﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺴﺪ.           Arabic

Transliteration:

Suuratul Masad

Chapter 111

English:

The Palm Fibre

Verse 5

فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍ

Transliteration:

General: Fi jidiha hablu min masad

With Tajweed: Fii jiidihaa 'habelu-m-mi-masade

Translation:

In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad (palm fibre).
Tafsir:

The tafsir of this chapter was completed yesterday.

Please kindly permit me to remind us of the best manners we should apply when memorising the Qur'an. Please read below:
Please read this as part of our preparations.

Easy steps for
Memorizing Quran
By Asma Arshad

1. Niyah (intention) for Allaah: This is making a
sincere intention of memorizing the Qur’an to only gain the pleasure of Allaah ‘Azza wa Jall. If this is not your intention, then your whole plan of
memorizing fails and there will be no barakah in
your memorizing.

2. Start practicing Islam to the best of your ability: It is important to keep an Islamic habit and trying to abstain from sinning. Be in the company of good people who will encourage you to do good
practices rather than those who take you away
from the path of Allaah ‘Azza wa Jal.

Imaam Shafi’ee once complained to his teacher
about poor memory, and this was obviously a
great concern for the great Imaam of one of the
four school of thoughts. The teacher of Imaam
Shafi’ee advised him to abstain from sin. So this
is indeed a great advice for us to follow as well,
since abstaining from sin will eventually make us
focus more on the ‘ibaadah (worship) rather than the dunyaa (worldy matters).

3. Learning tajweed from someone who has Ijaaza: This is to learn from a teacher who knows
how to pronounce the words and vowels correctly in order to recite the Qur’an in its correct
manners.

4. Make a habit to memorize every day: Do bit by bit every day, even if it is little as memorize 5
small ayahs from the Qur’an. Do your best to
make this a consistent effort, so that you will not
fall back on your goals. If you memorize even a
small amount day by day, you will be one step
closer to the end of bridge insha’allah.

5. Memorize at the early stage of the day: I know
this is difficult for a lot of us, especially for me. I
must admit, I love snuggling with my nice comfy pillow, however for those who are really
determined in memorizing the Book of Allaah, it is
best to memorize right after Fajr/ early in the
morning when the mind is fresh and when the
beautiful Sun is bright.

6. Recite to somebody on consistent basis: Have
a friend, family member or a teacher who you can
recite to consistently. This is an amazing tip when
it comes to reviewing, because you will have
someone catch the small mistakes you wont
notice while you are reciting the surah from
memory.

7. Compete!!: It is best to have a buddy that you
can compete with. At times you may feel
unmotivated. This is true for a lot of students and
due to this reason you may see people actually
quitting on their goal. That's why a little
competition won't hurt. Try finding a friend who
you know wants to memorize the Qur’an and
knows nearly the same amount as you. Both of
you can race towards attaining good deeds and
keep each other motivated by sharing how much each of you have memorized at the end of the day and how much you reviewed. And Allah says: “So hasten towards all that is good.” ( 2:148 )