SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIENCE-BASED PARADIGM OF THE QUR’AN MEMORIZATION

Abstract

The Qur’an is the most beautiful harmony of voices and words, the most logical system of logogens and semantic connections, which makes it easy for memorizing and recognizing. Since memorizing the Qur’an is mainly a psychological memory function, this article provides some psychological answers. Modern science has discovered that during a process of memorization, the structure of nerve cells and the connections between them changes. This work analysis the basic rules of the successful Qur’an memorization (hifz), as follows: honest intention (niyyah), age, suitable time, suitable place, reciting aloud and in accordance with tajweed, always using the same Mushaf, linking the memorized verses, repetition, learning style, moderate speed and serenity, selection of the muhafiz, sins avoidance, memorization with understanding. In working with children, it is important that we teach them to recite the Qur’an by themselves, and, in time, they will understand the essence, through their own efforts and help by the teachers. In order for a teacher to remain an authority and a role model to its students, he must possess good personal qualities, comprising a complex group of moral and positive personality traits. Muhammad s.a.w.s. would be the best role model to these teachers.