7 Tips to Rebuild Your Relationship with the Quran

Revitalize Your Connection with the Quran: A Guide to Deepening Your Understanding and Devotio

How to build, or even rebuild your relationship with the Quran: 

Firstly, we must understand that the Quran is not like anything of this Dunya. The Quran is the speech of our Lord, and it is a صفة from His صفات (a characteristic from His characteristics) that we carry in our chests, recite on our tongues, and have the accessibility to hold in our hands. 

The Quran is that when you open it and begin to recite, your Iman increases and your worries fade. However many of us have a relationship with the Quran that is inconsistent and doesn’t feel as though we are progressing with our goals whether it be Hifdh, Murajiah, Wird etc. 

Some tips to help renew your relationship with the Quran:

1) Asking aid from Allah. Do not ever expect to be able to achieve something without the aid of Allah, and if you are persistent in dua it affirms your truthfulness. Allah is the one who can make that which is difficult easy, so turn to Him alone and seek his support.

2) You’re going to be on social media anyway, so you might as well make it a beneficial place. Follow people who speak about the Quran, who post their journey, who share benefits and reminders about the book of Allah. All of this will increase you in motivation which is needed if you’re feeling low. Print out reminders and stick them around your room where you can see clearly.

3) Surround yourself with those who love the Quran, and not just through their speech but through their actions. 

4) Make a Quran corner in your room/house. Even if it just means putting a pillow and a lamp in the corner of your room, and that being your “Quran corner” then that’s just fine! Having a place where you associate the Quran with can help set your mind in the mood for memorisation, reading etc.

5) Start a Quran journal. In this journal you can be as creative or plain as you want. Talk about your journey with the Quran, document what Surah you are memorising, note down benefits from different ayat and tafsir. You’ll look back on this little book fondly one day.

6) Listen to lectures and talks that discuss the Quran, its importance and its virtues. The more we hear about something, the more we are surrounded by that thing, the more we will grow to love it. 

7) Lastly, often repeated the حوقلة which is to say لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله – there is no power in our hands, Allah alone is the one who has complete power and ability. This Dhikr has a profound effect, making that which is difficult and easy, as Ibn al-Qayyim discusses in many places.

I ask Allah that He increases our love for the Quran, and forgives us for our shortcomings, and allows us to embody His speech, in our actions and our hearts.

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