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And like this, stick to this way in each wajh for the whole Qur'an and do not increase in a single day morethan eight (ayaat) so that you do not increase over you what you have already memorized, then thememorization changes and leaves your memory.

If I wanted to memorise a new wajh the next day, how do I do so?

- When you want to memorise the next wajh the next day, then before you memorise the new wajh by theway I mentioned to you, read from the first wajh (from the beginning) to the end of it twenty times so thatwhat you have already memorised becomes firm in your memory, then go over to the new wajh on the waythat I pointed to.

How do I bring together memorisation and review?

- Do not memorise Al-Quran without review because if you memorised al-Qur'an one wajh at a time until

you complete the Quran and then you want to return to what you memorized, you would find yourselfhaven forgotten what you memorised. And the ideal way of bringing together memorisation and review, isyou divide the Quran into three parts; every ten ajza (plural of juz) is a part. So when you havememorized ten ajza then pause (memorisation) for a complete month for review and everyday review 8awjah (pl. of wajh).

-After a month of review begin with the memorisation, memorising one or two wajh, according to yourability, and review eight awjah, until you have memorized twenty juz. When you have memorised twenty

juz, pause the memorisation for a period of two months for reviewing the twenty juz, each day reviewing

eight awjah. When two months have passed on reviewing, begin memorisation again every day one or twowajh, according to your ability and review eight awjah, until you end the memorisation of al-Qur'ancompletely.

-When you have completed the memorisation of al-Qur'an, review the first ten ajza only, over a period ofone month, each day half of a juz, then go 'on to the twenty juz over a period of one month, each day half a

juz and read eight awjah from the first ten ajza, then go to reviewing the last ten ajza of al-Qur'an over aperiod of one month, each day half a juz with eight awjah from the first ten ajza, and eight awjah from thetwenty juz.

How do I review the whole Qur'an when I have completed this review?

-Begin reviewing the whole Qur'an, everyday two juz, repeating it three times each day, and (like this) youwill complete the whole Quran in two weeks. And by this way, you will have, in the course of a year,

perfected the Quran completely. And follow this way for the whole year.

What do I do a year after memorising al-Qur'an?

-A year after perfecting al-Quran and reviewing it, let your daily portion of al-Quran till your death be theportion of Allahs Messenger Sallallau `alayhi wa Sallam, for he used to portion the Quran into seven,meaning every 7 days he would complete the Qur'an.

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Aws in Hudhaifah (rahimahullah) said: I asked the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and

blessings of Allah be upon him), How did you divide the Quran? They said Three suwar (pl. of surah) ,five suwar, seven suwar, nine suwar, eleven suwar, and the Mufassil, from surah Qaaf until the end.[Musnad Ahmad]

-This means from the first day he reads from Surah al-Faatihah to the end of Surah an-Nisaa. On the second

day he reads from Surah al-Maaidah to the end of Surah at-Tawbah. On the third day he reads from SurahYunus to the end of Surah an-Nahl. On the fourth day he reads from Surah al-Israa to the end of Surah al-Furqaan. On the fifth day he reads from Surah ash-Shu`araa to the end of Surah Yaaseen. On the sixth dayhe reads from Surah as-Saaffaat to Surah al-Hujuraat. And on the seventh day, he reads from Surah Qaaf tothe end of Surah an-Naas.

-And the Ulamaa have summarised the portions of Rasulillah Sallallau `alayhi wa Sallam into their words. (Famee bi shawq) which can be translated as My mouth is longing or My mouth is eager

-So each letter in these two words is the beginning of one of the everyday portions Rasulillah Sallallahu`alayhi wa Sallam . The letter Faa in the word Famee is a symbol for Surah al-Faatihah that shows that itis his hizb (portion) for the day that he begins with Surah al-Faatihah.

The letter Meem in their word Famee is for the beginning of his hizb on the second day, beginning withSurah al-Maaidah.

The letter Yaa in their word Famee is for the beginning of his hizb for the third day, beginning withSurah Yunus.

The letter Baa in their word Bi shawq is for the beginning of his hizb on the fourth day, beginning withSurah Banee Israa-eel, which is also called Surah al-Israa.

The letter Sheen in their word bi shawq is for the beginning of his hizb on the fifth day, which will beginwith Surah ash-Shu`araa.

The letter Waa in their word bi shawq is for the beginning of his hizb on the sixth day, which beginswith Surah was-Saaffaat (as-Saaffaat) .

The letter Qaaf in their word bi shawq is for the beginning of his hizb for the seventh day, which beginswith Surah Qaaf to the end of Surah an-Naas.

As for the current way that the Quran was divided into ahzaab (pl. of hizb), then this is from al-Hajjaaj binYusuf.

How do I distinguish between similar ayaat in al-Quran?

- It is best to, when you come across two similar ayat, to open the mushaf to these two ayaat, see thedifference between then, and contemplate it, and put yourself to a test, and during your review the part thatdifference repeatedly until you master the similarity between them.

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Rules and regulations in memorisation.

1- Your memorisation must be with a shaykh for correction recitation.

2- Memorise everyday two wajh, a wajh after Fajr and a wajh after `Asr or Maghrib, and with this way, youwill memorise the complete Quran perfectly (bi idhniLlah) in one year and your memorisation will be

perfect, unless you increase in the memorisation, for if you did, what you memorised will weaken.

3- Your memorisation should be from Suran an-Naas to Surah Al-Baqarah because it is easier. And after youmemorise al-Quran your review will be from Surah al-Baqarah to Surah an-Naas.

4- The memorisation should be from a mushaf with the one (same) print to be certain about the strength ofthe memorisation and quicker studying the places of the ayaat and the ends and beginnings of the pages.

5- Everyone who memorises (the Quran) in the first two years loses some of what he memorised. This is

called the Marhalatut- Tajmee`, roughly translated as the Gathering Stage. So do not worry about theQuran leaving you or making many mistakes. This is a difficult stage of affliction which shaytaan has a

portion of to make you stop memorising al-Quran. So do not pay attention to his whispers and continuememorising it, for it is a treasure that is not given to just anyone.

Taken from "Shabkati al-Imaam al-Ajurri"Translated by Ummu Istabraq as-Salafiyyah