TRANSFORM YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE QUR'AAN IN 4 WEEKS OR GET YOUR MONEY BACK!
This is how..
Bismillaah-ir-Rahmaan-ir-Raheem
I know, I know, I have been in your inbox a little too much this month — even I am surprised.
It might have something to do with not having a phone.
Or hardly being on Instagram.
or maybe, a blessed combination of both.
Whatever it may be, please don’t block me yet, I come bearing good news.
About two years ago, I came across a study group on a book about the learning of Qur’aan (O at least that is what I thought it was).
That was my first exposure to Imaam al-Aajurri رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ
I jumped in without hesitation because I was struggling with my Qur’aan studies. I was so determined (in intention at least) to memorize the Qur’aan.. to the extent that it was my sole du’aa on my du’aa list at some point. I begged people to ask Allaah on my behalf.
I found teachers and kept changing them because I felt I was not making progress.
I would start and seem to be making some headway, then I would start to regress.
My journey with the Qur’aan that year felt like a marathon in a hamster’s wheel; putting in all this effort, toiling, and yet never quite reaching.
My issue wasn’t just that I was not reaching my goals or making any tangible progress.
The main issue was that I was not quite.. feeling it.
If you’ve been here for a while, you may want to come for me at this juncture because
Umm Bunny but you are the one always preaching that we won't always feel it and to show up anyway, even and especially on days you are not feeling it.
And yes, guilty as charged.
But I did show up. I promise that I showed up as best as I could, with all Ihsan in my reserve. But I was getting what the Qur’aan is known to give.
Islaah. Shifaa. Sakeenah.
Rectification. Healing. Tranquility.
I used to listen to podcasts of huffaadh, memorizers, and other students of the Qur’aan so much in that season — and I was envious of all these things they said they felt towards the Qur’aan.
What was it that I was missing?
I remember one of such podcasts, where a sister who I admired (and stalked) until she went off-grid referencing with so much awe the verse in which Allaah says about the Qur’aan..
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَآءٌۭ لِّمَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ وَهُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةٌۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
O mankind! There has come to you good advice from your Lord (i.e. the Qur’ân, enjoining all that is good and forbidding all that is evil), and a healing for that (disease of ignorance, doubt, hypocrisy, and differences) which is in your breasts, - a guidance and mercy (explaining lawful and unlawful things) for the believers.
Surah Yunus, Ayah 57
You are following, right?
Stay with me.
After this verse, Allaah then says:
قُلْ بِفَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِۦ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا۟ هُوَ خَيْرٌۭ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
Say: "In the Bounty of Allaah, and His Mercy (i.e. Islâm and the Qur’ân); - therein let them rejoice." That is better than what (the wealth) they amass.
Surah Yunus, Ayah 58
*reflection pause*
Take a moment with these two verses.
After mentioning the verse, she said (words to the effect of):
do you realize, that throughout the Qur’aan this is the only thing that Allaah asks us to rejoice over or be happy with is the Qur’aan?
Not money. Not children. Not Careers. Not #HusbandGoals. Not Position or Power. Not Fame or Acceptance. Not #BodyGoals. Not a skin that is skinning.
But the Qur’aan. That is the true Fadl, bounty. That is THE BAG that needs to be secured.
And Allaah emphasizes at the end of the verse,
خَيْرٌۭ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
That is better than what (the wealth) they amass.
If I am being honest, when I first heard it on that podcast some two or three years ago. I got it. But I didn’t quite getttt.
Do you get?
I understood what the ayaat meant but I hadn’t quite understood yet.
A lot happened between then and now.
That study group I joined where reading the book Akhlaaqu Hamalatil Qur’aan (The Character of the bearers of the Qur’aan) and a few weeks in, the classes stopped abruptly — I am not sure if they ever resumed, but I know I didn’t finish the book.
I could have on my own I guess, but the English translation I got was a shabby publication and I was still struggling to read ebooks at the time.
2 or 3 years later, about 11 weeks ago, I signed up for a Tazkiyah class and the book of choice for the class was.. yep!
Akhlaaqu Hamalatil Qur’aan!
There is a lot more to this story. But a 4 year old has been nagging me.
And if I stay here, who will wash the toilet and do the dishes that await me?
Fun fact: I do my chores at night so I can wake up to a clean house and savor my slow mornings.
*pause to recollect thoughts*
Reading that book again, especially now with a teacher’s commentary made things make sense for me.
I understood why what was missing was missing in my journey.
I had a beautiful moment with my teacher as I read Surah Yunus to her just a few weeks before Ramadan. I read those verses and wallahi my heart leaped (leapt?) with joy.
I had an
I gettttttttt
moment.
wait no, more like a
na gaaaneeeeeee*
moment.
Yep, Hausa definitely adds more depth 😂
I had to pause and tell her
I love these ayaat
As I said, there is more to the story but 42 minutes have passed since I started typing, so I'll save them for the sessions.
I will tell you, however, that though my relationship and journey with the Qur’aan is far from ideal even now and there are other things I had to address and adjust, I have witnessed incomparable growth and evolution, and this is from Allaah’s Grace.
Your relationship with the Qur'aan (as is the case with every form of beneficial knowledge) is heavily dependent on how you approach it. Your intentions, Etiquette with it, Manners in utilizing and sharing it, Your learning methods and methodology. And manners are so heavily emphasized in the quest for knowledge because they translate into the journey and the attainment of the goal.
And this is the content of our book of the month.
The book is written in 9 chapters and we will go through them in 4 sections. Starting on the 19th of April, Every Friday over four weeks we will go through one section:
SECTION 1: Virtues of the Qur’aan, its bearers (and students), teaching the Qur’aan, gathering to study the Qur’aan
SECTION 2: How to know when one’s intention for learning the Qur’aan is not sincere
SECTION 3: Etiquettes of engaging with and reciting the Qur’aan
SECTION 4: Etiquette of the teacher when teaching and the student when learning the Qur’aan
And we are doing things a little differently at Maktabah this season:
Physical copies of the book will be available for purchase in shaa Allaah (we will announce once they are here and priority purchase will be given to those that signed up).
At the end of the month, we will have a live “bookversation” with a special guest who is herself a Haafidha, Qur’aan student and teacher — to not only discuss the books but how the lessons from the book have impacted her own journey with the Qur’aan. A laidback talk show of sorts, but make it on books! In shaa Allaah.
Multiple discounts just for you!
🌸 If you are a Maktabah Alumnus, you are awesome, get 30% Off at checkout — your code is on the Alumni Whatsapp Group.
🌸 If you are signed up to our Names Of Allah Study Group, get 25% Off at checkout — your code is on the NOA Whatsapp Group.
🌸 If you are new here, I am offering the first 10 people to sign up 20% off with the code: MAKTABAHVIP
Money-back Guarantee! Yes. If at the end of the season, you feel dissatisfied with the value you got from Maktabah, after attending all the sessions, demand a refund and you will be refunded in full, in shaa Allaah.
There’s more:
Since we are hustling for reward in these last 10 Nights, invite a friend (who is not already an alumnus) to Khayr and maximize your reward.
Here is how:
At Checkout, you will find a button that says ‘add a friend’ and you only pay 50% for them.
I told you I came bearing good news.
I am truly grateful for your time, this was a super lengthy read (and write).
May Allaah allow us to maximize these 10 nights and accept all of our striving.
I look forward to hosting you #AtMaktabah 🥳🤍
Your sister-in-striving,
Fatimah,
On the road to Ihsan.