I have finally finished memorising the whole surahs in Juz 30 – from surah 78 – 114! The last few surahs were a struggle but I just keep repeating listening to recitations and practice. I wanted to finish the surahs earlier but I have to follow the pace of my memories so that the hafazans stick.
I am so happy! Like I was listening to just 30 recitation and thought how cool it is to memorise the whole thing last December and now I did it. Still a long way to go in memorising the whole Quran but I guess it will get easier as I go as long as I keep revising my hafazan. Thank you Ustazah!
On Eid Adha eve, I was helping mom cooking one dish for Eid celebration. I stayed up cooking in the kitchen with my mom until almost 3am. I slept early and mom stayed on. As I was cooking earlier, mom went upstairs to get her phone. I was alone in the kitchen and it was midnight. I proceeded to playback An-Naba’ on my phone initially to drive shaitan and djinn away as I work in the kitchen. Then I start to work on my hafazan and mom suddenly entered the kitchen. She thought I was playing du’a recitation in conjunction with Arafah evening. I told her its recitation of Juz 30. While working on my dish I just recite together working on my hafazan. And proceeded to chit chat with my mom on what I learnt from the surahs that I was reading. She even shared her vulnerability- on how she memorised some surahs before and had taught elderlies to read when she was younger. I hope it opened her up to recall what she had memorised. Thing with my mom, she thought she’s like so old that she couldn’t do a lot of things. To me, it’s just maintenance. She needs to put a lot more effort to sharpen her memories, her cognitive ability and preserving and building physical strengths.
It’s awesome that we could talk like seriously reflecting the ayahs and lessons behind it. It was something that we never did before. We openly talk about Islam since we went for Umrah together as I spent a lot of time with my mom over there. It’s a moment I would never forget, I hope we could have more moments like this. Maybe we could attend class together in the future. Thank you Allah for gifting me with Quran, home and family, and rizqs. Please accept my Ibadah and protect my family and myself from Hellfire.