Then, DU’AA! Supplicate Allah to make the task easy.
And, START the Task.
(If you walk towards Him, Allah will come to you running!!) - Hadeeth
For Understanding Al-Qur'an
First get to know…
How many words are there?
How fast can the human brain learn new words?
How many days will it take?
In the MUSHAF from Madinah, (or the one used by those who memorize the Qur’an)
Words per Line 9
Lines per page 15
Total Words in every page 130
Pages in the Mus-haf 600
Words in the Mus-haf (130 x 600) 78,000
Non-repeated Words 17,000
Unique words (after learning صرف) 4,500
Root words 1,850
On an average, each root word occurs in 2 to 3 derived word forms. For example, عَلِمَ، عَلَّمَ، عَلاَّم
قرآن – ھُدًي لّلنّاس (Al-Qur'an is a guidance for Mankind)
Allah says, “Verily We have made Al-Qur'an EASY to understand and remember”
So the suggestion that “Al-Qur'an is difficult” is from shaitan! Even in your thoughts, NEVER agree with it and NEVERsay it.
Do we want to contradict what Allah says in the Qur’an? (May Allah forbid us!)
قرآن – ھُدًي لّلنّاس (Qur’aan is a guidance for Mankind)
Allah has made His Al-Qur'an easy for us in many wonderful ways. For example,…
The words related to just the ones in the opening Surah Fatihah (which is recited everyday atleast 25 times in our Salaah) are found repeated in 7500 places in the whole Al-Qur'an!
قرآن – ھُدًي لّلنّاس (Qur’aan is a guidance for Mankind)
100 words (and their derivatives) from the essential recitations we use in our daily salaah
– the Surah Fatiha, 6 often used small surahs, the usual dhikr words and 4 usual du’aas
are found 40,000 times in the Qur’aan.
This means 50% of the words in the Qur’aan are from our DAILY Salaah, dhikr and duaas!!!
That is the content of our Short Course-1
(www.understandquran.com)
قرآن – ھُدًي لّلنّاس (Qur’aan is a guidance for Mankind)
Additional Recitations
- 12 Last Surahs
- 25 Du’aas
Learnt Basic Words (from 2 courses) : 250
Occurrences in Al-Qur'an : 55,000
That is the content of our Short Course -2 (to be released soon, inshaAllah)
Unfamiliar/New words found in Al-Qur'an After the 2 Short Courses
Juz’u / Paarah 1 : 20 per page
Juz’u / Paarah 2 to 5 : 12 per page
Juz’u / Paarah 6 to 28 : 6 per page
Juz’u / Paarah 29 to 30 : 12 per page
Unfamiliar/New words found in Al-Qur'an After the 2 Short Courses
Repetition / Reinforcement Opportunity on Every Page of Al-Qur'an!
New Words per page : 20
TOTAL words per page : 130
Repeated words : 110
Therefore, each page ensure enough revision of the words that have learnt earlier!!!
Human Brain Capacity???
New Words memorizable per Day : 15
The Secret of this Capacity : Repetition
Repetition ensures that the learnt words get stored in the PERMANENT MEMORY of the brain
If you want to learn Al-Qur'an, the Decision is YOURS!
For daily 15 Minutes in the morning, read Surah and its Tafseer
After that, for JUST 2 Minutes each at the following times:
- Before starting your work in the morning session
- Before starting your work in the afternoon session
- In the evening
Alternatively,
Before OR after every Salaah
The Problem is NOT Time or Effort, It is just your Attitude , your Thought!
Make it a Part of your Daily Routine Life.
Like you eat 3 times and drink water 5-6 times.
When you want to memorize the meaning of new words, follow the Sunnah of Allah (for memorizing… because that is the way He designed the brain).
For this, adopt 2 main aids:
Vocabulary sheets & Posters
Friends (to help you and team up with)
A Final Appeal
To understand Al-Qur’an, you need 200 Hours!
(20 hours for the 2 short courses + 6 hours for each of the 30 Juz’u/Paarah)
