What to Memorize in Your First Year of Hifz

Answer first

Not Juz Amma in month one. A realistic first-year map.

Core approach

Identify the constraint. What’s actually limiting you? Time, teacher access, energy, or understanding?

Shrink the daily commitment. A 5-minute minimum beats aspirational hours you won’t hit.

Protect review over new material. Most memorizers invert this priority and regret it.

Use your tools honestly. The AI Coach, verifier, and Retention Score are diagnostic, not decorative.

Practical tips

Commit to a single daily time slot — same time, same place.

Track consistency weekly, not daily (protects against one-bad-day spirals).

Keep new memorization to the quality level you can defend in tasmee’.

Revisit the plan every 90 days honestly.

What the research says

Memory science is clear: spaced retrieval beats massed cramming for long-term retention. See The Science of Spaced Repetition for Hifz for citations.

When to ask for help

A week of guilt spirals — see our Mental Health and Hifz post.

A persistent mistake — see Fixing Persistent Hifz Mistakes.

A religious question — consult a qualified scholar or our Scholar Panel.

Keep reading

How to Memorize the Quran

The Science of Spaced Repetition for Hifz

Common Hifz Mistakes