How to memorize Surah Al-Qadr

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Recited by Mishary Rashid Alafasy

How long it takes

Surah Al-Qadr has 5 ayahs, so it is short enough to learn in one sitting: take it one ayah at a time, then recite the whole surah from memory.

How to memorize it, one ayah at a time

1. Listen firstPlay the ayah several times while you follow the Arabic with your eyes.
2. Repeat it aloudSay it again and again until it flows. Qaree counts every repetition for you.
3. Recite it from memoryLook away and recite. Qaree's recite mode listens and highlights the exact words you missed.
4. Join it and reviewRecite the new ayah together with the ones before it, and go over the surah again the next day.

Surah Al-Qadr: Arabic text, transliteration and translation

1. 97:1

   إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ

   Innaa anzalnaahu fee lailatil qadr

   Indeed, ˹it is˺ We ˹Who˺ sent this ˹Quran˺ down on the Night of Glory.

2. 97:2

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ

   Wa maa adraaka ma lailatul qadr

   And what will make you realize what the Night of Glory is?

3. 97:3

   لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ

   Lailatul qadri khairum min alfee shahr

   The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months.

4. 97:4

   تَنَزَّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ

   Tanaz zalul malaa-ikatu war roohu feeha bi izni-rab bihim min kulli amr

   That night the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit descend, by the permission of their Lord, for every ˹decreed˺ matter.

5. 97:5

   سَلَـٰمٌ هِىَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ

   Salaamun hiya hattaa mat la'il fajr

   It is all peace until the break of dawn.

Sources

• Translation: Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran.
• Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy, via mp3quran.net.
• Transliteration is only a reading aid. Learn the exact pronunciation from the recitation or a teacher.