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I am bad at everything. I spend 9 hours

memorising the Quran a day and I fail
to learn a verse. I try to help my
parents but I make mistakes. Am I a
bad Muslim?

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Muath Abbas
Islamic shari'a and secular laws · Author has 517
answers and 467.6K answer views · 3y

You are a good muslim, very good muslim.

And i really mean it.

Read your question again, you say “i fail to memorize”,

“i make mistakes”, and you think you are bad because
of that.

But what you really should focus on is the “I spend 9

hours memorising the Quran” and “i try to help my
parents”.

That’s enough to make you good.

And do you think Allah Almighty will judge your

mistakes?

Surat Al-Baqara:

‫ٮَﺎ َﻻ‬$ & ‫َﺖ َر 'ٮ‬ ۗۡ ‫ﺴ 'ٮ‬َ َ‫ٮ‬/ ۡ ‫ٮۡهَﺎ َﻣﺎ ٱﻛ‬4 َ‫َﺖ َو َﻋﻠ‬ َ َ‫ﺳ َﻌ َﻬﺎ ۚ ﻟَ َﻬﺎ َﻣﺎ ﻛ‬
ۡ ‫ﺴ 'ٮ‬ ۡ ‫ﺴﺎ إ ِ &ﻻ ُو‬ ً ‫ ۡڡ‬$ َ ‫ٮ‬$ ‫ﻒُ ٱﻟل& ُﻪ‬F‫ُﻜَل‬4‫ﻻ ٮ‬
‫ٮَ ۥُﻪ َﻋ َﲆ‬/ ۡ ‫ﺣ َﻤﻠ‬ َ ‫ٮَﺂ إِﺻۡ ٗرا ﻛَ َﻤﺎ‬$ ۡ ‫ٮ‬4 َ‫ﻞ َﻋﻠ‬ ۡ ِ‫َﺤۡ ﻤ‬/‫ٮَﺎ َو َﻻ ٮ‬$ & ‫ٮَﺎ ۚ َر 'ٮ‬$ ۡ ‫ﺣ َﻄﺄ‬ ۡ $ َ ‫ٮَﺂ أ َ ۡو أ‬$ ‫ٮ‬4 ‫ﺴ‬ ِ & ‫ٮ‬$ ‫ٮَﺂ إِن‬$ ‫اﺣ ۡﺬ‬ ِ $ ‫ ُ َؤ‬/‫ٮ‬
‫ٮَﺎ‬$ َ‫ ِڡ ۡﺮ ﻟ‬$ ۡ $‫ٮ&ﺎ وَٱﻋ‬$ ‫ٮَﺎ 'ٮ ِِۦﻪۖ َوٱﻋۡﻒُ َﻋ‬$ َ‫ َڡ َﺔ ﻟ‬/ ‫ٮَﺎ َﻣﺎ َﻻ َﻃﺎ‬$ ۡ ‫ ﻠ‬F‫ﺤﻤ‬ َ ُ /‫ٮَﺎ َو َﻻ ٮ‬$ & ‫ٮَﺎ ۚ َر 'ٮ‬$ ِ‫ َڡ 'ٮۡﻠ‬/ ‫ﻦ ﻣِﻦ‬4َ ‫ﺬٮ‬ ِ &‫ٱل‬
َ ِ ‫ڡِر‬$ َ‫ َڡ ۡﻮمِ ٱﻟ ۡ ٰﻜ‬/ ۡ ‫ٮَﺎ َﻋ َﲆ ٱﻟ‬$ ‫ﺼ ۡﺮ‬
‫يﻦ‬ ُ ‫ٮ‬$ ‫ َڡﭑ‬$ ‫ٮَﺎ‬$ ‫ﺖ َﻣ ۡﻮﻟَ ٰﯩ‬$ َ ‫ٮَﺂ ۚ أَٮ‬$ ۡ‫ﺣﻤ‬
َ ‫َوٱ ۡر‬

(286) Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that

within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of]
what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the
consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord,
do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten
or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like
that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and
burden us not with that which we have no ability to
bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy
upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over
the disbelieving people."

Also don’t worry about memorising the Quran, Omar

ibn AlKhattab the second caliph took 12 years to
memorize chapter 2.

And that wasn’t a shame. Bacause prophet Muhammad

(peace be upon him) said:

"The one who is proficient in the recitation of the

Qur'an will be with the honourable and obedient scribes
(angels) and he who recites the Qur'an and finds it
difficult to recite, doing his best to recite it in the
best way possible, will have two rewards."

Riyad as-Salihin 994

So instead of thinking about your results, think about

your efforts, and know that Allah Almighty knows about
all.
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No! You aren't.

1st - Your actions are based on your intentions.

2nd- At least you are trying to learn the Quran. You

have no idea how much happy Allah is going to be.

3rd- It takes time to learn the Quran, even a single

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4th- Try listening to the verses and then memorize

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Lastly, everyone makes mistakes,

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