I need to be Motivated! Please

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I am 20 years old, think very deep about almost everything, online spend my time lurking on cricketing forums as you can tell by my username, study at college in england, live in small village, born in Pakistan.

never thought of doing hifz few years ago, My mother passed away 9 years ago. I heard things about how a hafiz parents get rewarded, and it is privacy but i know how much my mother wants me to do hifz, i can feel it evey day i get up and every night i go to sleep. anyways i started going to class in my local masjid, first 2 years i messed around and did 2 juz, then left masjid, but memorised 2 more juz myself and then found a way back, and this time my good luck and we changed class and i got different teacher. this was 5 months ago and in these 5 months ive done 5 more juz. altogether I have done 9 saparay's and am 20 years old. but because in past few months my concentration has been learning loads of new sabqq, few of my juz are very weak.

but but after all this I have big problem, I cant get up at fajr, where i prefer myself to learn my sabqi(the previous part of any juz which i am on, so if am on 3rd quarter, everything before what i have read in that juz)

because am doing hifz in my local masjid, i got loads of freinds, during class i at my age, knowing all the problems i am facing and the need my mother is in, i still mess about in masjid, after class cant concentrate and start playfighting with my hifz partner, after isha when i should learn my next days sabq, i start reading naats and learning to practice my tilawat on mike.

I have 10 months....yes 10 months left before i start uni, dad will be thinking about marriage, i will get a job and i dont think i will ever get a chance to come back to learning new chapters.
my free time is from 4pm-10pm wednesday-thursday, friday and saturday work, sunday and monday and tuesday free.
so any advice, any motivation, criticsm is welcomed. so atleast i am close to end by next ramadhan. I know its all upto myself but i have tried everything, i have cried for my mistakes, day after day, but still get distracted by friends and socialising. I now fear my self.

[bintAmirah]

Assalaamu'alaikum brother.

Never lose hope, the most powerful thing you can do is make sincere du'a to Allah swt to help you through this difficult time in your concentration. Keep your mind focused on Allah and think of death often, these will inshaAllah help to improve your concentration.

Also, it is very noble that you wish to finish before starting university, and inshaAllah you can try to do this, but don't fear if you don't finish before. You can still do hifdh at university but just at a slower pace.

Immerse yourself in the Qur'an. The only way to make your weaker ajzaa' stronger is by repeating them often. You should be reciting at least 3 juz' every day from what you have memorised to keep it fresh.

And remember the most important thing is to be sincere in why you want to memorise the Qur'an.

May Allah grant you tawfiq.

[ImamGhazzaali]

it's your marriage, you think, not dad. He isn't getting married to your potential.

Get a little strong on your daily dhikr and salah fil masaajid.

[QuranTafseerChannel]

Mashallah may Allah MAke it easy for you and grant your mother Jannah ul firdous

There is a salah for memory which can be read every thursday either at the first portion of the night or middle or last. Its read by great scholars such as Maulana Tariq Jameel and is a salah proven to work for alot of people. This is the method

Its basically 4 rakaats of salah and in the first rakaat you read surah yaseen, second surah Dhukhan, in the third Surah Sajdah and in the last surah mulk. Thereafter you finish the salah as normal. When you have read Atahiyaat in the forth rakkat. you need to read a dua which is mentioned in fazail e amaal Virtues of Quraan chapter 3 final note page 105 then compete your salah as normal.

Hope it helps :)

[LiveForAllah]

Imagine: Your Lover gave you some words of love so you could be a better person and be rewarded handsomely in the hereafter. You would have appreciated those words greatly and would want to remember them forever. Or, the Quraan is your manual book given to you by your Creator. To learn to operate correctly, you must learn,remember and carry out His instructions in the manual by heart.
The Quraan is the word of Allah, our lover and creator, who has given us the Quraan from his mercy as a guidebook to eternal salvation. Won't you want this gift from your lover to be forever ingrained in your memory?
With these thoughts, you will have the motivation to memorise the Quraan in whatever conditions you face. Remember this scenario whenever you feel lazy to memorise and InsyaAllah, He will help you.
May Allah help us all in memorising his words...
Amin
Wassalaam...

(ps.Someone please tell me if this is the wrong niyyah, Syukran!)

[LiveForAllah]

To wake up easier, every day before you sleep, read verses 107-110 of Surah Al-Kahf and verse 190-194 of Surah Ali I'mran. While reading, make dua in your heart sincerely to Allah to wake you up at whatever time you want and InshaAllah He will wake you up in some way. But the difficult part is getting up after you wake up. Syaithaan will forever try to keep you from meeting Allah and do what He likes in the morning. So, you have to keep the in mind the fact that Shaithaan is trying to control you and let that strengthen your will to get up from your soo soft and warm and comfortable bed and meet Your Creator. Remember, the bliss of meeting Allah supercedes anything this Dunya could give you.
Allah said in His Book, The Holy Quran:
[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all.Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
[ Allah ] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators. And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all(the deviators). Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs......"
Surah Al-Hijr(15), verse 39-45


I know its all upto myself but i have tried everything, i have cried for my mistakes, day after day, but still get distracted by friends and socialising. I now fear my self.

This is exactly how I'm feeling now. I re-read this thread today, hoping to find inspiration and the above sentence impacted me greatly Alhamdulillah. You are not alone brother.
The only thing I can do is make dua a lot, reflect on what I have done, take a break from socialising with the created and start socialising with The Creator. In these times, I really wish that I could isolate myself like how The Prophet pbuh did in The cave of Tsuur...but, I can't so being in a dark room alone with Allah really helps to give me the will and hope to help my Iman survive the next day.
This is also a test for us. We need to gain knowledge of ourselves. Delve into our mind as the answer to all our problems lies within us, in our hearts(if Allah is there). How to solve a problem that we have no knowledge of?
Try it out and be consistent. Never forget to make dua for Allah to help you in everything you do.
May Allah choose us to be with Him in the suffocating darkness of the silent night. May He also aid us in being consistent in hifz, looking past all the distractions of this world...
Hope this helps:)
Sister in Islam
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[bint abdul Khaliq]

may Allah help us and you fullfill all our good ambitions in life, remember where there's a will, there's always a way.