Tahfiz in more mosques!!

If u lived far away from Kampung Siglap aka Tahfiz centre and have great interest in HIFZ/tahfiz, this is GREAT NEWS to u! The tahfiz course will be brought over to many mosques...This is to encourage future "huffaz" in joining..alhamdulillah..

So all of you, young or old, come join us! Irregardless of which location u come from, now it's easier and nearer to learn tahfiz/hifz...so what are u waiting for?
(u can click this image to enlarge/read it)

The mosques involved are: Al-Khair, Sultan mosque, Darul Makmur,Jamiyah Ar-rabitah, tentera di raja, Istiqamah and of course Kg Siglap..

Doa/Supplications

I've forgotten where I got this doa..

Ya Allah ,kasihanilah aku
dengan meninggalkan segala kemaksiatan
untuk selamanya
selama Engkau membiarkan aku hidup,
kasihanilah aku
agar aku tidak memaksakan diri dengan sesuatu
yang tidak bermanfaat bagiku
dan berilah aku rizki berupa pandangan yang baik
terhadap sesuatu yang membuatMU ridha kepadaku.

Ya Allah Pencipta langit ,
Pemilik Agung Kemuliaan
serta Keperkasan yang tidak dapat dicapai oleh siapa pun
aku meminta kepadaMU Ya Allah,
Ya Rahman dengan keagunganMu Ya allah,
Ya Rahman dengan keagungan dan cahaya wajahMU
agar Engkau mewajibkan hatiku untuk menghafal kitabMu
sebagaimana Engkau telah mengajariku
dan berilah aku rezeki agar aku dapat membacanya
dengan cara yang membuatMu ridha kepadaku.

Ya Allah Pencipta langit dan bumi,
Pemilik Keagungan dan Kemuliaan serta Keperkasaan
yang tidak dapat dicapai oleh sesiapa pun,
aku meminta kepadaMu,
ya Allah, ya Rahman dengan keagungan dan cahaya Wajahmu
agar Engkau menerangi mataku dengan kitabmu ,
menggerakkan lisanku dengannya
membukakan hatiku
dengannya melapangkan dadaku dengannya
dan menyibukkanbadanku dengannya
kerana sesungguhnya tidak ada yang dapat menolongku
di atas kebenaran selainMU
dan tidak seorang pun yang dapat mendatangkan kebenaran itu kepadaku
selain Engkau tiada daya upaya melainkan dengan Allah yang Maha Agung

What is inside the kaabah?

http://www.esnips.com/doc/75db0f04-8b59-4643-9a30-4352ca8a3d9c/Interior-of-Kabah

To know more about kaabah, click here

http://www.kabahinfo.net/

more good sites...

http://english.islamway.com/sindex.php?section=erecitorslist another GREAT sites compiling all the many Quran recitors/imams in the Arab. U can choose ur favourite recitors and download their mp3 FREE! I've used this often....very GOOD!

http://www.islamicity.com/IslamiTV/ -tarawikh prayers video in mecca/medina

another interesting hifz blog....

http://wordpress.com/tag/hifz/

Eating raisins

Another tip learned is that Eating raisins can improve ur memory. Use hijriah calendar to note how much raisins should be eaten per day. 1st day of hijriah month, eat one raisin till 15days. On the 16th day, start from 1 again.... (oh, Golden raisins are better than other colour raisins dunno how true..)

There are many variations as to how many should one eat, I heard, u can eat 15 rasins-21 everyday the same amount...depends on ur age.... hmm...

Nowadays there are raisins that have been "recited on" by hifz students sold in Geylang. 50 cents for a small packet. Also there is big bottle of raisins that have been read by Ustazs (teachers/huffaz) cost about $5. Another is a bottle of air zaffaran (saffron water) with Holy Quran recited/wrote on which cost about $5 for small and $10 for big. Also Zam2 water can be purchased at joo Chiat vicinity for $5 per small bottle(dont forget to stand, face the kiblah and doa while drinking the zam2 water) Kinda miss the Zam2 water at Mecca... the zam2 area is so cool...

Also kurma/dates, and buah delima (promegranate) is good for the brains too...and not forgetting banana (brain booster and energy charger)

fyi- It's best if u recite them ourselves(the ayats from Holy Quran)on normal water/zam2/saffron water/raisins or mineral water as a suplication for ourselves...but if u have ur ustaz/zahs nearby, u can ask him/her especially if he/she is a huffaz/hafiz. He is afterall ur mentor, right?So get as much blessings/berkat/doas or whatever as much as u can from him/her...

As for the raisins, i just eat whatever and whenever I felt like eating because I often forgot whether I've eaten or not so I just eat any amount anytime...

Mama's doa is BEST!

Oh another tip, I learned from previous tahfiz/hifz seminars are that ..

If u ever have difficulty memorizing certain surah/ayats, or worse, u felt so LAZY or burdened by many "ups and downs of life" that U felt like giving up, please CALL or asked ur mama to doa (suplication) for u IMMEDIATELY wherever she may be. Mama's doa is EXPRESS normally immediately it will be fulfilled..allahu alam. If no parents, then ur guardian, if not spouse's doa will do too...better still, teach ur kids to doa for u also...

My mama doa for me is something like this (one day I accidentally overheard her doa, felt so touched, loss for words..) " Please let my child be the best Hafizah of 30 juz and of the Best calibre, dunia akhirat. Help her in her journey, Ease her burden, make it easy for her....and let her in return teach the younger generations and be the BEST Al-Quranic teacher...whereby her students will be from all over the world regardless of age...and hope she never ever forget the Holy Quran not even a single letter in dunia and akhirat ...."(amin ya robbal alamin..) and in return, insya-Allah I will doa for my kids similar doas...too..thus this doa will be continuous.... just to share2...

cool headgears for sports...

For sporty muslimahs, now u can exercise in comfort...

myasport.blogspot.com

together for a healthier you....

Books and items that helped my hifz

Often, we need motivations for our quest of hifz. Other than a "Great buddy" for u to practise and check ur hifz, books are important in my life. Anything relating to memory, I will grab!(U can click on image/pic to view enlarge pic)

And second best is my creative Zen $129 (for recording my voice and to check whether I made mistake and also the holy Quran mp3.) and Digital Quran (last time $500 but now less than $100) and not forgetting the "tasbih counter" $3 (not in pic) which is very useful for LONG ayats..Of course, always carry the same Quran that u used to memorize with u always. Nowadays they have tafsir Quran with the exact replicate pages of normal Al-Quran and the tafsir/translations at the side. Can be found in local Islamic or Malaysian shops so its easier for muslimahs to carry around. (as shown above)

In the above books, one of them (in white) "Cara mudah menghafal Quran" (easy way to hifz)has some great TIPS and methods to memorise the holy Quran which I cannot find elsewhere. Tony Buzan book has ways to strengthen our memory by doing some "mind" exercises. And the others have tips on what to eat for ur brains.

Another tip about food intake for future huffaz . ALWAYS eat HALAL food. HALAL-certified and also the money used to buy your food must be from HALAL sources. IMPORTANT!

Last ten days...

So fast, time passes..Ramadan is going to be over soon. Very sad...

Anyway. just to share. When I was first exposed to hifz, My hafiz ustaz actually "Tested" me after first juzuk. His questions aren't that simple like some local schools' hifz test. In fact, I found it the HARDESt. Want to know why?

He asked me what is the ayat before this ayat that he recite...That is why...If he asked what is the ayat AFTER...insya-Allah my mind can immediately answer but he asked what is BEFORE this ayat, immediately, I got to remember where the ayat that he recited came from, what page then remember the "keywords" like the starting of the page ayat...and the middle and the ending of the page..as a result, I failed?!! Too long..panicked never expected...0 out of 10 questions.I was given 30 seconds only to answer.

So, from what I learned from this "failure" is that, I need to remember some key ayats in that particular page...And the irony was that he tested my Juz Amma (juz 30th) the so-called easiest Juzuk of all juzuks. But dont give up, for those who experienced the FIRST hifz test and failed badly like me...insya-Allah persevere, the REWARDS are endless...

And from the new way that I learned recently (memorizing by the last page of every juzuks) , I'm able to remember the page number, the beginning , middle and the ending much better..because I memorize each page individually and they are not connected to the next page which is the last page of the next juzuk. So ur mind has to be "stronger" and "picture" it...Let's hope I can finish the whole Quran using this method, I am interested to spread this kind of technique to others but I must first experienced and khatam/finish the hafazan/hifz first. I hope i dont give up halfway, ya Allah please help me..

As for the last 10 days, May all of us get Lailatul Qadar...amin ya rabbal alamin.