If you struggle to remember how the next verse or page starts, it’s most likely because you learn each verse or page in isolation and are not connecting them to what comes before or after it.

  1. To help you move from one verse to another efficiently when you recite, you must read groups of verses together. Each time you finish memorising a verse, go back to the previous verses memorised. Have a starting point, whether it be from the top of the page, middle of the page or from the beginning of the rub’ (ربع). This way you practice reciting the verses chronologically and are constantly reviewing what you memorised recently. It is important to link the portion you are currently learning with the portion you learnt previously.
  2. To help you remember how the next page starts, when you finish memorising your intended portion, memorise the verse after it (if possible) as if it’s part of the portion you are memorising for the day. Or at least, recite what’s to come and make a link between the verses.
  3. When you finish a page, notice visually how each verse starts and try to recall it without looking. How many verses does the page have? Does it start with a frequently occurring phrase like يا أيها الذين آمنوا or أولئك? Is there a pattern (e.g. a word or theme in the current verse which indicates how the next verse starts?).
  4. Make connections between the verses in terms of meaning. Does the next verse continue onto the same topic or does it move onto a new topic? Notice where the theme starts and stops in the Ṣūrah.

PARTS IN THIS SERIES

  1. Introduction
  2. Errors in Recitation
  3. Stuck on a Difficult Verse
  4. Similar Verses (المُتَشَابِهَات)
  5. Struggling to Recall How the Next Verse/Page Starts
  6. Struggling to Recall How Verses End
  7. Forgetting
  8. Being Consistent
  9. Lack of Motivation
  10. Difficulty Focusing
  11. Not Reflecting and Understanding
  12. Reflections & Resources