At Last ....

Alhamdulillah finish a whole page....in 2-3 weeks? YIKES!!
Too many temptations...too many idling, too many entertainment that takes my mind off HIFZ.But glad that this page is done...now the next one, insya-allah..

Subhanallah..

I've been practising my 4 ayats of Al-Baqarah from 135-138 and been reading aloud in my solat. Without me realising it, my son and my hubby can recite to me the ayats without having to look in the Al-Quran. Subhanallah..

My hubby heard me recite in my prayers one time and then he just recite it back to me without knowing anything or where the ayat come from which surah...and my 3 year old son actually finishes up my ayat for me...

My baby hum along with me everytime, I start taawudz..
Subhanallah...

If I have TONS of money...

Hmm...niat to abolish all buta huruf. Meaning to educate all ages on how to read Al-Quran. But basics only. If one have a strong basic of Holy Quran then one can proceed to any mosque or private institution that is "mushrooming" over the years. Sometimes, one can be shy especially as u grow older. But heck the shyness, U ar ethere to learn. Anyway, u will get lots and lots of pahala dunia and akhirat. (both earthly and hereafter rewards)

If I have the money, I will want to create a school like kinda of asrama/hostel where one can stay there and live with a hafiz and learn from him. Preferably from Mecca/Madinah. (No I'm not discriminating) Hehee...but my Ustaz is from there. Anyway its just preference, all hafiz are great especially the devotion, time planning and especially the melodious voice in reciting the Holy Quran from the heart. Witness it at Makkah Al-Mukarramah and U will be Amazed. Syahdu.

Back to my so called DREAMS. My dream is to built separate schools for different sexes. Also have facilities like indoor swimming, basket ball court, socccer pitch for each building. To accomodate the
current modern technology, Hafiz-in training not only must be good in ukhrawi subjects but they can also succeed in the worldy affairs e.g be a doctor, pilot... Also sports such as swimming are good for them. (Isnt there a hadith saying about swimming?) Also they will learn many languages so that they can spread the word of Islam anywhere in the world without having to face the barriers of languages.

But of course this school must be recognised by local government so that they can take the local exams and vie for places in local universitites too..thus have many choices apt for them.

Also courses for all kind of classes for all ages can be held there too kinda modular or short-term program. Even pregnant mum with baby inside them . To learn hifz so that their child will be one too! Maybe a playgroup or preschool too for kids as young as 18months. (cause I see many preschools/playgroup but none is Quranic base)

I wish that I am the richest person on earth and I can have these schools. Anyway if any millionaire or billionaires who have lots of money to spare, u can think about this idea of mine. It will be the first state of the art Hifz centre.

I remember the words from the show a night at the museum by the President "If can be dreamt, it can be done.." Something like that.

Ok so enough about my dreams. Let's focus on current situation. I must start somewhere....Yeah, I must finish my HIFZ!

dunia hanya sementara..

..dunia ini hanya sementara
gelak ketawa hanya seketika
tangisan hiba duka dan lara
itulah erti kata dunia

Akhirat itulah dunia sebenar
tanpa ia tiadalah dunia
dunia ini ujian sementara
tapi manusia selalu terleka

Masa itu emas pepatah kata
tiada siapa pun mengendahkannya
masa muda terbuang saja
dengan keseronokkan dosa

"I'm always struggling to stay afloat
admist all these sins I still am fear
fearful of the LORD, The Almighty
fearful that HE won't like me"

Ya Allah maafkanku
kerana sia2kan hidup ini
tanpa ikut jalan lurus
yang Engkau tetapkan
dari jalan hidup
yang Engkau gariskan
ampunilah diri ini
yang lemah dengan cobaanMu
kasihanilah diri ini
yang tak mampu ku bersihkan
noda2 hitam dosa hati ini...
tolonglah diriku, ya Allah...

Ayat 137 done!

Alhamdulillah, though I'm in a slow start..I get to finish up 3 ayat within a week..

Still a long way to go, but insyaallah can MAKE it!
But when I first started this..a lot of things came into my mind, I worry about many things, anything , any tiny thing...everyting..kinda crashed into my concentration. And so I decided to just leave it to God.Berserah and Bertawakal to Him and I felt @ peace.

Tips..

Attended a Tahfiz seminar recently and I learn some tips..
1) wake up before Subuh
2)Wudhu and solat any sunat prayers
3)Istighfar 3X "AStaghfirullah alazim"
4)Selawat 3X"Allhumma solii ala muhammad..."
5)Read Surah Ikhlas 1X "Qul hu wallahu ahad.."
6)REad surah insyirah 1X "alam nashyrah laka sodraq..."
7)Read surah Al'ala till 6 ayat "Sanuq ri u ka..." repeat 3X and put ur hand @ ur heart.
8)Now then u can start memorizing

Also the DON'ts..
1)Dont eat coriander leaves
2)Dont eat fish head
3)dont drink ANY drink that contains any dead ants
4)Dont read anything while u are at the cemetery. (if u need to read, read outside the cemetery vicinity..if u want to doa /read Quran as a gift to the loved ones, u can read at home..or read thru hafalan/by memory and not look @ the Quran in the cemetery..)

wallahu alam bisowab...

Phase 1-Al Baqarah

Actually I've started this on 3/8/07. Page 21 of the Holy Quran. Ayat 135 of Al- Baqarah. As I'm starting anew, I am slow.. Now is already 8/8/07 and I've just memorized the 2nd ayat:136.

By right I'm supposed to memorized 1 page each day. Maybe I took too much time writing. Because I'm also trying out writing as it is said to strengthen ur hifz. True enough. I can visualise the sentence as I memorize them. But it took longer than expected.

ayat 135-136 of Al-Baqarah.
My target is that by end of this month, I should be able to get the hang of it and follow the true schedule -of 1 page per day.

By doing this blog, I'm also actually revising what I've learned to be shared with others..alhamdulillah.

New method, new beginning.

I'm trying a new method of memorizing.It is said that this is a TuRKISH method.

This method requires u to start by phase.
Phase 1 is to memorize from the last page of every Juzuk. In my case(I'm Using the Mekkah/Madinah Quran)and so it should be every 20th page of every juzuk.

1) Memorize last page of juzuk 1 on day 1
2)Memorize last page of juzuk 2 on day 2
This will continue till the end of the month with me meorizing the last page of the 30th juzuk.and so my phase 1 is complete.

Next phase 2,
I wil memorize the 19th page of juzuk 1, then next day 19th page of juzuk 2...but please link 19th page to 20th page when u are memorizing them.

and so the phase continues till phase 30..

that is what I can share for the time being as I'm a newbie in memorizing..

I've tried starting from the front Juzuk Al-Baqarah but the motivation is low because it seems endless...

And I've tried memorizing from juz 30, 29,28...this is much better because the surah is short and u tend to get motivated by the number of surahs accumulated..

and the turkish method will be one of my last method to try out. Because I hope by memorizing each juzuk regularly, I will be highly motivated to complete the phases and end up completing them around 600 days about 2 years...insya-Allah.

U can DO IT!

I am still pursuing this dream of mine to be Hafizah one day,insya-Allah. I've been to many places learning ways of HIFZ (memorizing the Holy Quran)and I found that this method is the BEST for me, a newbie dummy starting out...

Anyone can learn hifz or be Hafiz. But u need to have basic strong foundation in Tajwid (rules of reading the Holy Quran). And to get these is thru a GOOD teacher that can teach both theoretically and practically. Once that is achieved, u can start memorizing the simpler surahs from Juzuk 30 starting with An-Nas, Al-Falaq and Al-Ikhlas and so on. As u go further and further the surah will lengthen and it will be harder but tell yourself "it's EASY". Because once ur mentality think that it is HARD, then half of the battle is LOST. but if u keep telling yourself it's easy..insya-Allah, u can DO IT!

After juzuk 30, pursue 29,28 and till 25. After that, u can start from Juzuk 1 (the long surah) By then, u already had a good practise and has train your mind well thus will be able to memorize easily.

The main thing is that while memorizing the new, the old surah MUST not be forgotten. And thus a GOOD teacher, friend or anyone that has GREAT knowledge in HIFZ/Quran can be ur HELPING hand, a buddy to your QUEST. It is said a lost memory is like a camel who was tied securely and when it escape, u will have great difficulty chaining/chasing the animal down.

Sometimes,boredom sets in. That is a fact. Mind gets lazy and refuse to memorize anything, then take a break for awhile ,limit the hours of repetition or pamper yourself once in a while. dont force yourself, so HARD that eventually, u turn away from this beautiful QUEST and wave the white FLAG.

Remember only the CHOSEN ones are given this opportunity. If u have the niat then CONGRATULATIONS, u are given the invitation to be one of the important people in the world and hereafter! The bearer of Al-Quran.

Whatever it is, Don't GIVE up! Everyone can memorize , just open your heart and give ur BEST SHOT!Practise, practise and practise is IMPORTANT! My duas is for u,me and the others who are together in this QUEST!

TIP:If u cannot memorize a certain sentence/ayat or u are starting out, read that particular sentence at least 40 times. If it's too long,break it into smaller parts.