In the name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful

Challenges & Solutions

to Understand Al-Quran
Dr.Abdulazeez Abdulraheem
www.understandquran.com
 If we fail to plan, we plan to fail!

Therefore,
First, UNDERSTAND the Task.
Next, make the PLAN.
Then, DUAA! Supplicate Allah to
make the task easy.
And, START the Task.
(If you walk towards Him, Allah will come to you
running!!) - Hadeeth
 For Understanding Al-
Qur'an
First get to know

How many words are there?

How fast can the human brain learn new
words?
How many days will it take?
In the MUSHAF from Madinah, (or the one
used by those who memorize the Quran)
Words per Line 9 A
p
Lines per page 15 p
r
Total Words in every page 130 o
Pages in the Mus-haf 600 x
i
Words in the Mus-haf (130 x 600) 78,000 m
a
Non-repeated Words 17,000 t
Unique words (after learning )4,500 e
l
Root words 1,850 y

On an average, each root word occurs in 2 to 3 derived

word forms. For example,


(Al-Qur'an is a guidance for Mankind)

Allah says, Verily We have made Al-Qur'an

EASY to understand and remember

So the suggestion that Al-Qur'an is difficult is

from shaitan! Even in your thoughts, NEVER
agree with it and NEVER say it.

Do we want to contradict what Allah says in the

Quran? (May Allah forbid us!)


(Quraan is a guidance for Mankind)

Allah has made His Al-Qur'an easy for us in

many wonderful ways. For example,

The words related to just the ones in the

opening Surah Fatihah (which is recited
everyday atleast 25 times in our Salaah) are
found repeated in 7500 places in the whole Al-
Qur'an!


(Quraan is a guidance for Mankind)

100 words (and their derivatives) from the

essential recitations we use in our daily salaah
the Surah Fatiha, 6 often used small surahs,
the usual dhikr words and 4 usual duaas
are found 40,000 times in the Quraan.

This means 50% of the words in the Quraan are

from our DAILY Salaah, dhikr and duaas!!!

That is the content of our Short Course-1

(www.understandquran.com)


(Quraan is a guidance for Mankind)

Additional Recitations
- 12 Last Surahs
- 25 Duaas
Learnt Basic Words (from 2 courses) : 250
Occurrences in Al-Qur'an : 55,000
That is the content of our Short Course -2 (to be
released soon, inshaAllah)
Unfamiliar/New words found in Al-
Qur'an After the 2 Short Courses

Juzu / Paarah 1 : 20 per page

Juzu / Paarah 2 to 5 : 12 per page
Juzu / Paarah 6 to 28 : 6 per page
Juzu / Paarah 29 to 30 : 12 per page
 Unfamiliar/New words found in Al-Qur'an
After the 2 Short Courses
2 New Words in the Qur'an (after you study the 2 short courses)
400
0
.
Number of new words

300

200
12 6 12
100

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Para / Juz Number

Repetition / Reinforcement Opportunity on
Every Page of Al-Qur'an!

New Words per page : 20

TOTAL words per page : 130
Repeated words : 110
Therefore, each page ensure enough revision of
the words that have learnt earlier!!!
 Human Brain Capacity???

New Words memorizable per Day : 15

The Secret of this Capacity : Repetition

Repetition ensures that the learnt words get stored

in the PERMANENT MEMORY of the brain
If you want to learn Al-Qur'an,
the Decision is YOURS!
For daily 15 Minutes in the morning, read Surah
and its Tafseer
After that, for JUST 2 Minutes each at the
following times:
- Before starting your work in the morning session
- Before starting your work in the afternoon session
- In the evening
Alternatively,
Before OR after every Salaah
 The Problem is NOT Time or Effort,
It is just your Attitude , your Thought!

Make it a Part of your Daily Routine Life.

Like you eat 3 times and drink water 5-6 times.
When you want to memorize the meaning of
new words, follow the Sunnah of Allah (for
memorizing because that is the way He
designed the brain).
For this, adopt 2 main aids:
Vocabulary sheets & Posters
Friends (to help you and team up with)
 A Final Appeal

To understand Al-Quran, you need 200 Hours!

(20 hours for the 2 short courses + 6 hours for
each of the 30 Juzu/Paarah)

Start A.S.A.P. (As Soon As Possible)

When you have any way decided to learn,

Why Delay?
 Duaa !
May Allah (Sub-hanahu wa Ta-aalah)
Give us the Thoufeeq to

Read Al-Qur'an
Understand Al-Qur'an
Reflect/Contemplate upon Al-Qur'an
Implement / Act upon Al-Qur'an
Spread the learning and the message of Al-
Qur'an
(Aameen!)