Salam Everyone,
I don’t know if this all in my head or if there’s some truth to it. I have noticed that if I have read a particular surah a few times and then when I read that surah again after a very very loooong time, I can MashaAllah read it fairly easily despite the long gap that came in between.
It feels as though that surah recognizes you. Like it knows that you’ve read it before. Is it just me or has anyone else felt this way?
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Listening to the some parts / surahs in namaz from childhood, those parts become very familiar.
Reading a surah, like surah Yaseen (most people read it and probably it is one of the most recited part of Quran besides surah e Fateha) definitely creates a sense of familiarity.
There is a divine rhythm in Quran, though its not poetry (and use of verse for ayat is technically wrong). This divine rhythm also attracts you and this rhythm is mostly seen in Makki surahs. That rhythm has attracted Qureshs as well. Some people from Quresh used to listen to Quran by hiding themselves from others, though they were not ready to accept the message.
Passages of Quran had an impact on people who were listening to it first time. Accordingly, just recitation of Surah e Maryam, in Najashi's court by a sahabi convinced Najashi and he refused Quresh's plea not to give refuge to oppressed Muslims from Makkah.
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Listening to the some parts / surahs in namaz from childhood, those parts become very familiar.
Reading a surah, like surah Yaseen (most people read it and probably it is one of the most recited part of Quran besides surah e Fateha) definitely creates a sense of familiarity.
There is a divine rhythm in Quran, though its not poetry (and use of verse for ayat is technically wrong). This divine rhythm also attracts you and this rhythm is mostly seen in Makki surahs. That rhythm has attracted Qureshs as well. Some people from Quresh used to listen to Quran by hiding themselves from others, though they were not ready to accept the message.
Passages of Quran had an impact on people who were listening to it first time. Accordingly, just recitation of Surah e Maryam, in Najashi's court by a sahabi convinced Najashi and he refused Quresh's plea not to give refuge to oppressed Muslims from Makkah.
Quraa'ish also used to forbid other Quraa'ishis to listen to Qur'aan because they though it mesmerized you. it has a jaadoo'ii effect.
you are right, Qur'aan is not poetry but yes it sounds beautiful even to a layman...sounds better than poetry. in those days, Arabic poetry dominated Arab culture and they were great lovers of poetry and that's why Allah challenged them and their supporters from Ins and Jins to bring forth 10 surahs [later reduced to ONE sura] which is equivalent in quality to Qur'aanic verses. this challenge is still there to this day. no one has ever even tried to write a poem/she'r/misr'a to challenge Qur'aan's challenge.
subHaan Allah, Allaho Akbar.
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Surah Yasin is one that people read often and so there is a strong familiarity with it, it's a quick read amd some of the ayats may even be memorized from frequent recitation.
But some surahs you are not familiar with n you read it maybe twice. Then months later you read it and the recitation is smoother. So, it can "feel" like the surah recognizes you or has maybe embedded in you in a way that you read it with less difficulty than the first time in spite of a long break between the first and latter readings. Maybe it is a phenomenon or seems like one when u read after a gap.
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Surat Al-Qamar [54:17] - The Noble Qur’an - ??? ???
And We have certainly made the Qur’an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
Things are memorised through repetition - The Qur’an can be memorised or at least made more familiar with fewer repeating cycles than other forms of text.
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Sometimes I can guess parts of ayaat while reading for surahs that I haven't memorized.
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i think Ayat ul Kursi is recited more than any other sura after sura e FaatiHa. right?
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The more you read, the easier it becomes.
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^ Yes, as far as ayaat are concerned, but since it is not a complete Surah in itself, Surah Yasin is a big contender, but after many of the smaller Surahs in the Qur'an ... Surah Ikhlas is very high contender and this is no accident - Many of the smaller Surahs are Makkan ... and the Makkan period was a time for the establishment of Tawheed - so much of the oft recited smaller Surahs are dogmatic in their meaning whereas the larger (Madinan) ones are more geared towards a legislative and character moulding angle. Effectively covering all three aspects ... Islam, Iman, and Ihsan.
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Is Surah Yaseen a Makki Surah ?
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^ Yes, it is actually
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Salam Everyone,
I don't know if this all in my head or if there's some truth to it. I have noticed that if I have read a particular surah a few times and then when I read that surah again after a very very loooong time, I can MashaAllah read it fairly easily despite the long gap that came in between.
It feels as though that surah recognizes you. Like it knows that you've read it before. Is it just me or has anyone else felt this way?
I have noticed this too. Subhanallah. To me it is like meeting an old friend. Its as if you are continuing where you left off.
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I have noticed this too. Subhanallah. To me it is like meeting an old friend. Its as if you are continuing where you left off.
Okay wow, so it's not just me. It's hard for me to explain it. With examples such as Surah Ya Seen, the familiarity is there bcoz we've read it many times. What I'm referring to is when you read a surah for the first time, one you've never read before. You read it maybe a few times. And then you never read it again until maybe a year later or maybe even more than a year later. After such a long time you think that oh no I'm probably gonna stumble a lot on the words of this surah because I have not read it in ages. But then you're MashaAllah surprised at how easily you're able to read it even though the last time was maybe over a year ago.
This is what you've experienced right?
Maybe there's a logical explanation or maybe it truly is a magical phenomenon. The Quran will either be a witness for us or against us on the Day of Judgment. A witness is someone who recognizes you. Like if you witnessed a crime or an accident or a ceremony and you are later called to testify as a witness, it means that you recognize the persons and events no matter how long ago you saw them or came into contact with them. So, witnessing is connected to recognition. So, maybe, when we read a surah for the first time, it recognizes us. Or it's Allah's barkat that even though you read his kalaam only once, He facilitates recognition in our minds to make subsequent readings easier.