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Question Assalamu
Aleikum Answer Wa alaikum
assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh. The true test
of our memory is when we pray using a surah or aayaat that we have memorized.
Sometimes when we are reciting outside of prayer, we may look at the
Qur’an when we get stuck and not realize it, or put it out of our mind.
This may or may not be your problem in this case.
It may be that the method of recitation you are listening to is not
conducive to recitation during prayers. You
will have to determine if that is the case or not. Make sure you
understand the meaning of what you memorize.
You do not have to be extremely fluent in Arabic to do this.
Read the explanation of the meaning of the surah in English or your
native language. Make a list of vocabulary words that you do not know from the
surah and memorize their meaning, then test yourself to make sure you
understand them. This should help
greatly. When you memorize each
aayah, make sure you understand the meaning of the aayah, then place its
meaning with the aayah before and after it so you understand the sequence of
meaning of the aayaat. Look at the
surah for aayaat that are similar, for example in surah al-Insaan, there are
some similarities in aayah 5 and 11. Make
sure you comprehend which name for the drinks that the people of Paradise
drink from comes first in the surah, and which comes second, plus make note of
what follows each of these different aayaat.
Relying on a
reciter’s style may make you dependent on the sounds not the words.
This is a disadvantage in memorizing and you will maybe only remember
the aayaat if you remember the tone changes used by the reciter.
Memorizing the meaning along with your own style of reciting makes sure
you have memorized completely and then you will not dependent on a sequence of
sounds to recall the aayaat. Insha’ Allah
this will be of assistance to you. We pray that Allah will make easy for you memorization of the complete Qur’an. |