How to build a hifz revision schedule
Memorization holds through revision. Split each day into three parts, and use the calculator to see when you could finish, in sha Allah.
Three parts every day
- Sabaq (new lesson): what you memorize today — a page, half a page or a few lines — recited to a teacher or parent.
- Sabqi (near review): what you memorized most recently, for example the last 20 pages. Go over it daily until it is firm.
- Manzil (far review): everything memorized before your sabqi, split over seven days to cover it all each week — or one juz a day, which takes about a month.
If you can, revise before the new lesson. Revision is what keeps the pages you worked hard for.
The seven manzils
The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) divided the Quran into seven parts to complete it each week. The starting surahs are remembered by the Arabic phrase “fami bi-shawq”. For a full hafiz, the manzils in the Madinah Mushaf (604 pages) are:
| Manzil | From | To | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manzil 1 | Al-Fatihah | An-Nisa | 1–106 |
| Manzil 2 | Al-Ma'idah | At-Tawbah | 106–207 |
| Manzil 3 | Yunus | An-Nahl | 208–281 |
| Manzil 4 | Al-Isra (Bani Isra'il) | Al-Furqan | 282–366 |
| Manzil 5 | Ash-Shu'ara | Ya-Sin | 367–445 |
| Manzil 6 | As-Saffat | Al-Hujurat | 446–517 |
| Manzil 7 | Qaf | An-Nas | 518–604 |
A page where one manzil ends and the next begins is counted in both.
If you have not finished memorizing yet, divide what you have (minus your sabqi) over seven days. The calculator above gives the pages per day.
Let the app plan the pages
After Fajr, Murajaati shows three cards with page numbers: new, near and far. When a page gets weaker it is added to your far review with one line explaining why. The app does not contain the text of the Holy Quran; memorize from your own Mushaf.