'In a journey to everywhere'
'Between cities and nations'
'In the presence of the Wise Remembrance'
'The Lord of all hearts Has unified us... Has unified us all.'
'And for the sake of memorizing the book'
'We have knocked every door'
'We shall continue this right path, before things come to an end'
Oh reciter of the Qur'an, Oh hafidh
You who want to reflect upon the speech of Allah SWT
Beware of sins and disobedience. 
Allah SWT, made this situation clear in the Qur'an, He said,
" Satan has overcome them"
" and made them forget the remembrance of Allah ."
Every sin we commit has an influence on our ability to contemplate and memorize
They affect our submission and reflection upon the Qur'an 
and also remove the comfort we feel when we recite it.
But, we all wish to reflect upon the speech of Allah SWT!
So what is the solution? We all sin! Can't we reflect upon the Qur'an?!
The answer which I say is, No
Allah SWT says in surat Qaf,
" Giving insight and a reminder"
The Qur'an gives insight and it is a reminder, for whom?
He said, " for every servant who turns [to Allah ]."
Always turns back to Allah SWT,
Repent to Allah when they sin 
" Allah loves those who are constantly repentant "
And if Allah loves you, He will help you to contemplate. 
In conclusion, My Lord, Almighty says,
" And fear Allah . And Allah teaches you."
A beautiful voice from Qatar
He is blind. He memorized the Qur'an in about four years
He is Sheikh Abdulla Ibn Hamad Boshredah.
He brought light into the house of his family,
because of his memorization of the Qur'an
- After the death of my father, may Allah put mercy upon him,
- who used to listen to sheikh Sudais, 
- and my mother too.
- They prayed that I become as sheikh Sudais
- They sent me to Sheikh Asadu-Allah, to teach me.
- He was the first one to teach me the Qur'an
- because I learned from many sheikhs
- I finished memorizing the Qur'an in four years
- How old were you, sheikh, when you finished the Qur'an?
- I was 16 years old
- Ma'sha'Allah.
- The memorization ability of the blind person is strong
- Nothing to distract him
- Yes
- He sees nothing to be distracted.
- This is a blessing! 
- Seeing is a problem!
- If I am given the choice see again, I will refuse.
- Glory to Allah
- The more you see, the harder the judgment
" Say, 'O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning],'"
" do not despair of the mercy of Allah ."
" Indeed, Allah forgives all sins."
" Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
- After you memorized the Qur'an, What were your next plans?
- How did you perfect the Qur'an?
- How do you revise it?
- What is your daily schedule in revising the Qur'an?
- Allah gave you this grace and you wish to preserve it
- What is the daily program sheikh Abdulla lives?
- At least 3 juzz daily
- Occasionally, when I am busy I do one or two juzz. 
This is the proper revision of the Qur'an, oh hufadh!
Sheikh Abdulla used to revise at least three juzz every day.
And he used to revise the Qur'an with his sheikh
Sheikh Yusuf Ibn-Muhammad Hashi
And I learned from him the beautiful
Somalian way of revising the Qur'an
- What is the Somalian way you learned from sheikh Yusuf?
- He used to recite one verse and I recite the next one
- For example,
" Indeed, those who disbelieve - it is all the same for them "
" whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe."
" Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing,"
" and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment."
" And of the people are some who say, 'We believe in Allah and the Last Day,'"
" but they are not believers."
" They [think to] deceive Allah and those who believe, "
" but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not."
" In their hearts is disease, so Allah has increased their disease; "
" and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie."
- Ma'sha'Allah, praise to the Entirely Merciful
- This is the way of doing it
- You revise the whole Qur'an this way
- Yes, all of it!
' How happy are the hufadh...'
' How happy are the hufadh...'
' How happy are the hufadh with the Qur'an, at all times'
- I want you to read for me from the Qur'an written with Braille
- Would you give me the mushaf, sheikh Ahmad
- Here is the mushaf on your hand, read for me some
- Chose any verse and read
- In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
- From where?
- From anywhere your want.
- My choice!
- Yes.
- In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
"  Allah praises] those who convey the messages of Allah and fear Him"
" and do not fear anyone but Allah ."
" And sufficient is Allah as Accountant."
"Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men,"
" but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and last of the prophets."
" And ever is Allah , of all things, Knowing."
- Ma'sha'Allah. Praise to Allah
- Surat Al-Ahzab, great verses
If a person wants to memorize the Qur'an,
Principally, he memorizes the speech of the merciful itself
But it is not a bad idea, if the person is a perfect hafidh,
as sheikh Abdullah, to memorize the Qur'an with the number
of the pages, verses, juzzs and hizbs
That was the test I gave to sheikh Abdullah
" Say, 'If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord,'"
" the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted,"
" even if We brought the like of it as a supplement.""
- Page number 304
- Ma'sha'Allah, praise to the Entirely Merciful
- Surat Al-Kahf
- Surah number 18
- Yes
- Juzz number 16
- Hizb number 31
- Ma'sha'Allah,
- Verse number 109
- Ma'sha'Allah, praise to the Entirely Merciful
- Page number 
- 304
- Verse number, ma'sha'Allah, 
- 109
- Hizb number 
- 31
- Juzz number 
- 16
- Ma'sha'Allah, the Surah
- Surat Al-Kahf, number 18
- Abdullah has a beautiful voice
- So we went deep in the beautiful rhymes "Maqams"
- While he is reading the speech of my Lord Almighty
- Sheikh, let's say, read " Indeed, for the righteous is attainment"
- With the Nahawand Maqam, can you?
- I can, by the will of Allah
- OK. go ahead!
- I seek refuge in Allah from the cursed Shaytan
" Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -"
" Gardens and grapevines"
" And full-breasted [companions] of equal age"
" And a full cup."
- Ma'sha'Allah, With the Saba Maqam.
" Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness."
" The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces "
" [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar.""
- Ma'sha'Allah, praise to the Entirely Merciful
- ...Alhijaz!
" Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -"
" Gardens and grapevines"
" And full-breasted [companions] of equal age"
" And a full cup."
- Maqam Al-Kurd
- " Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -"
" Gardens and grapevines"
" And full-breasted [companions] of equal age"
" And a full cup."
" No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -"
" [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,"
- Praise to Allah, ma'sha'Allah.
- Praise to Allah, you are better than me! 
Sheikh Abdulla was a regular viewer of "Traveler of the Qur'an 1" 
-What is the episode which impressed you most in 
- Traveler of the Qur'an 1?
- Actually they were many not only one!
- Would you mention them to me?
- The episode with sheikh Ahmad El-Khaldi
- Yes
- He recited surat Al-Furqan
- He is from Morocco. How did he recite?
- Do you want me to recite like him?
- Of Course
" And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds,"
" and the angels will be sent down in successive descent."
- Ma'sha'Allah
- Like this!
" And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds,"
" and the angels will be sent down in successive descent."
" True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful."
" And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day."
Sheikh Muhammad Yahya Tahir,
He is the Emam of the biggest masjid in Aldoha, Qatar
The masjid of Emam Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahab, may Allah put mercy upon him
He is 24 years old,
Praise to the Entirely Merciful, He is a perfect hafidh
He also acquired the Sanad to the prophet SAW
He memorized the Quran with the 10 Quira'at  
I ask Allah SWT to preserve him
After having a meeting with him, I learned that
The Qur'an settles in the heart of selected ones
And the one who is sincere in asking for it from Allah SWT
- I began memorizing the Book of Allah Almighty early in my childhood
- I was in the kindergarten, with the help of my parents
- So your parents worked hard with you, sheikh
- Yes.
- My parents helped me to memorize the Qur'an in the masjid
- in our community,
- It was close to our house that I could go there consistently.
- I started with sheikh Omar Hanafi, may Allah put mercy upon him
- He is Egyptian.
- I used to memorize the amount required to participate
- in the contests of the school
- For example, at the kindergarten 
- We memorize from surat An-Nas to Al-Fajr 
- At the first grade, to surat A`basa 
- At the second grade to An-Nazi'at, and so on 
- That was the goal, the most important thing for my parents 
- I must memorize that much every time
- To memorize what is assigned in the school schedule!
- Yes, that what I did!
- If I couldn't go to the sheikh, my mother, may Allah
- reward her, she puts on the tape recording of the Qur'an
- to memorize, especially before I go to bed. 
-This how I began with the Qur'an, till the fifth grade.
- At that time I finished from four to five juzz
- Then we moved to our new house
- You mean this house
- Exactly, This was a new neighborhood
- When we moved here, there were only about 3 houses around us
- The district of Alwab!
- Yes
- So only three houses where here, and the local masjid
- was a prefabricated small building
- we were only three line of prayers, and
- the Emam didn't memorize the Qur'an
- So I discontinued memorizing the Qur'an
- That was my first round in memorizing the Qur'an
- What happened next?
- Did you just decide to start memorizing the Qur'an again?
- Actually, at the masjid when the Emam is not present,
- They used to make me lead them because I memorize 
- more than anyone else, five juzzs
- I was young, at the seventh or eighth grade, and all the people
- behind me were older than me!
- So I asked myself why not to memorize the rest of the Qur'an!
- and become truly qualified for being the Emam
- True, ma'sha'Allah
- Then I mingled with righteous youth and good companions
- That was strongly helpful for me to go along my path 
- After I moved to high-school, I socialized with virtuous youth
- I asked them, do you go for memorizing the Qur'an?
- They said, yes we do! I said where do you go?
- They said at Almani masjid
- That where you memorized the Qur'an?
- Yes
- I asked where is that? I didn't know that there was a masjid
- at that area, I used to pray Jumma'a in another masjid 
- they said it is at Alwab region 
- Then I thought, it is close to my house, why not to go there?
- So, he showed me the address, Jazah Alla khair
- Exalted is Allah, I joined the memorizing group
The righteous companions had greatly influenced sheikh Muhammad 
to memorize the Qur'an and continue with it
Me and sheikh Muhammad went to the Almani masjid, where he
memorized the Qur'an with his friends
This is the truth, " So for this let the competitors compete." 
'A light of goodness for life'
'we aim with it towards  Allah'
'and it wanders  along all roads'
' a light glows with brightness'
- Here was my real start, with the good companions
- We are still friends till now
- We are always in contact with each other
- Ma'sha'Allah!
- We started with one circle
- under the instruction of the Emam of the masjid. 
- We were about five to six attendees
- and there was a competition among us..
- Yes, this is what I wanted to ask you about, sheikh, the competition
- The quality of this competition, as you were friends,
- Was it like if anyone memorized more, you try to do better!
- Yes, in addition to competing as a team with other circles
- in other masjids.
- At my first meeting with the sheikh, he asked me
- how many juzzs I had memorized,
- His name is sheikh Muhammad Ateeq, now he is at Al-Bahrain
- He was the Emam of this masjid,
- Then I told him that I memorize five juzzs
- He said, we will start by revising these juzzs and from there
- By the will of Allah, we will continue memorizing the rest of the Qur'an
- He asked me to revise juzz An-Naba
- And to have a mushaf of my own
- So as to have my mistakes marked on it
- The sheikh writes them on the side of the page
- On revision, I use them to correct these mistakes   
- Then next time I came with my mushaf
- The sheikh put his remarks on the side of the pages
- This was before you begin the actual memorization
- Yes, at revision. 
- After I finished 2 juzzs the sheikh said, next time we have a test
- I said I am ready now,
- He said, did you check on the mistakes?
- I said, Alhamdulilah
- I said, I already worked on them and revised them all
- So he opened the mushaf and gave me the test
- Alhamdulilah, I did good
- Then the sheikh reached out his hand to me 
- I thought he wanted the Mushaf, so I handed it
- But he grabbed my hand and shacked it warmly
- He said, Jazaka Allah khair for your dedication
- That was a motivation for me to continue my journey
Sheikh Muhammad Yahya memorized the Qur'an
Ma'sha'Allah, praise to the Entirely Merciful,
In one year!
Do you want to know how he did that?
Note down his schedule for memorization
- During winter, the time after Fajr prayer was important for me
- because the prayer ends at about 5 AM, almost before I go to work
- So, I can go to work directly from the masjid
- And use that time to memorize the Book of Allah Almighty 
- During summer I memorize after Asr prayer
- The period is very long, 3 hours or more
- So I memorize so much in that time
- Anyways the circle is active from Asr to Magharib
- The circles in general begin from Asr to Magharib 
- Did you come every day?
- Yes, and my home is nearby.
- During spring and summer, the schedule is intensified
- In this masjid?
- Yes
- Memorization goes all day long, sometimes we hang around for 24 hours, Itikaf
- I remember the competition was very intense
- And I was in the course, memorizing surat Al-Ma'idah
- So I went fast till the end of surat Al-Baqarah in three days
- To finish memorizing the Book of Allah, Almighty
- In three days from Al-Ma'idah to Al-Baqarah
- Exactly
- You memorized! ma'sha'Allah
- Alhamdulilah
- Ma'sha'Allah, praise to the Entirely Merciful
- I remember it was at that corner over there
" If We had sent down this Qur'an upon a mountain, "
" you would have seen it humbled and coming apart from fear of Allah."
" And these examples We present to the people "
" that perhaps they will give thought."
" He is Allah , other than whom there is no deity,"
" Knower of the unseen and the witnessed."
" He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful."
" He is Allah , other than whom there is no deity,"
" the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection,"
" the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer,"
"  the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior."
" Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him."
- Some people say that it is impossible to memorize the Qur'an  
- What is your opinion, sheikh?
- First, I would like to explain that My major was not Religious studies 
- It was electrical engineering
- A very difficult one
- Yes it is!
- Alhamdulilah, Allah made it easy for me
- The person should be honest with Allah, Almighty.
- He must be willing
- Are you willing to memorize the Qur'an or not?
- We memorize the books of physics and chemistry
- and the biology which are very difficult
- Can't we memorize the Qur'an?
- The second thing is to frequently supplicate to Allah, Almighty, 
- to help you make it
- Because the keys are in His hands, Almighty
- If He is pleased with you, He will make it doable
- Lastly, organize your time properly, put priorities
- Many of us say, by Allah, we don't have time!
- And if you take a look at one’s schedule, you will find that
- he works only for 2 or 3 hours a day
- but he doesn't know how to manage his time!
Arrange your time and be honest with Allah Almighty,
By the will of Allah, the Qur'an will reside in your heart 
- The Qur'an is recited in dunya to worship Allah.
- And in the hereafter for joy. 
- We don't have duties in Jannah
- Yes 
- yet, the hufadh is told to recite to elevate
- As his rank will be at the last verse he recites
- The point is: your heart is a container. It must be filled!
- Nothing is greater than the speech of Allah to fill your heart!
- The rule of life is that, the hearts never get empty
- It must be filled with something!
- The heart of Musa's mother was filled by loving him
- The heart is always filled
- The one who says otherwise
-  Can observes himself.
- When he initiate any task, having not memorized the Qur'an
- Taking the stairs or riding his car or when he is alone, travelling, or with friends
- He always chants with whatever is in his heart,
- Either good or bad.
- So, if the heart is a container to be filled,
- What is greater to fill this heart
- than the speech of the heaven and the earth?!
- Impossible, does not exist..
- We can't ask everyone to memorize the whole Qur'an
- But, at least they must memorize some of the speech of 
- the Lord of the universe, Almighty. 
- People are not requested to do beyond their ability.
- Those who are gifted memorizing the Qur'an,
- They must suffer, and we must know that they are the role model
- And that their company is the safest
- And that their way is the righteous way
- And that their path is the path that Allah, Almighty
- has praised in His Book. 
'When I breathe the essence of my soul'
'And the door of goodness opens for me'
'That's when the soul flows with its scent'
'The perfume of love throughout the gardens'
'We travel in the journey of Qur'an'
'Along the roads of goodness and to home lands '
'With the noble target of life'
'It's to win the acceptance of Allah'
'In the company of the Qur'an, the journey is sweet'
'Through the lights with reflections'
'With souls by impression'
'It has all the good and evidence'
'From the Qur'an to mankind'
'In all horizons and universes'
'We are in its journey at all times'
'Our only wish is acceptance of Allah'
