# How do I start memorising the Quran? *Why memorise the Quran, and what the advice will cover* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/-lbz11113su/s/1/ - Date: 2014-01-18 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: How to memorise the Quran- Mufti Abu Layth (0:04–2:39) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbZ11113SU&t=4s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/-lbz11113su/ **Topics:** Memorisation and recitation **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Memorising the Quran is among the greatest things a Muslim can do, and knowing Arabic helps immensely. What matters most is routine, and the lesson will cover tips, a dua and how to apply it. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says that memorising the Quran is among the greatest endeavours a Muslim can undertake, that having studied Arabic helps immensely, and that routine is what matters most in memorising it. **Evidence, his words at 1:54:** “I would say what is important in memorizing the Quran is routine okay and there's a few things I'll mention today very briefly” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbZ11113SU&t=114s) ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth says he wants to share with students of knowledge some advice on how to memorise the Quran, which he calls one of the greatest things a Muslim could endeavour to do. He says it is hard even to grasp that people commit an entire book to memory word for word, letter for letter and vowel for vowel, yet millions have done so with unbroken chains of transmission going back to the Messenger of Allah, and he prays that Allah grants everyone the ability. He then turns to advice: having studied Arabic helps immensely, so anyone who has studied it has an even better opportunity, and what matters most in memorising is routine. He says he will briefly cover some routine tips, a dua and a method of applying that dua, and begins to introduce the hadith in which Ali approached the Prophet about his difficulty retaining verses. ## Sources and names cited - Ali ibn Abi Talib ## Transcript (machine tier, 0:04–2:39) [0:03] [Music] BD [0:40] I'd like to share with some students of knowledge today some advice on how to memorize the Quran and this is one of the greatest things that we as Muslims could possibly Endeavor to do it is it is unbelievable to really even grasp that people would memorize and commit to memory an entire book word for word letter for letter vowel for vowel but yet as a miracle it has been [1:17] demonstrated by the millions with unbroken precedents and unbroken chains of transmission going right back to the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam himself what could be greater than to commit the words of Allah to memory may Allah subhana tala give us all the to do so now some words of advice if you are going to uh memorize the Quran having studied the Arabic language will help immensely so if you are or have studied the Arabic language then I think this is [1:54] an amazing even more so an amazing opportunity for you to Embark upon upon this um upon this opportunity I would say what is important in memorizing the Quran is routine okay and there's a few things I'll mention today very briefly I'll say I'll highlight some routine perhaps some tips but also a Dua okay and a method of application for that Dua so taking a look at the Dua first it well we find in a Hadith that has been transmitted in and that [2:35] transmits that Ali approached the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he said that he's finding it difficult to retain some of the verses of the Quran and commit them to Memory and that he was finding this a challenge and the prophet Sall alaihi wasallam said should I not teach you some words by which this would become easy so Ali uh said of course and the prophet Sall alaihi wasallam advised him that what you do is you wait till Friday morning as in sorry wait till Friday night and ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment -lbZ11113SU/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/-lbz11113su/s/1/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.