I have never memorised anything and thereafter forgotten it.
Category: Qur.aan
Relentless weeping
I was unable to listen to the recitation of ath-Thowree due to his relentless weeping.
My health has forsaken me
My health has forsaken me, and I have become weak, and my bones are bruised, [yet] today I [still] stand for prayer, but am only able to recite [soorahs] al-Baqarah and Aal-'Imraan.
A dead heart
Never have those who enjoy, enjoyed; And never have their hearts sought to fly with anything like the beautiful recitation of the Qur.aan.
A quarter every day
It was narrated about 'Urwah ibn Zubayr that he would read a quarter (just over seven chapters) of the Qur.aan every day.
He did not make a single mistake
One of the teachers at the Jam'iyyah Tahfeeth al-Qur.aan al-Kareem in Madeenah recited from the beginning of Soorah al-Baqarah to the end of Soorah al-'Israa; [he did so] from memory, without...
Conscious and fearful of Allaah
The best of the people in reciting the Qur.aan is he who, when he recites, you see he is conscious and fearful of Allaah ﷻ
A third of the Qur.aan
I spent the night [at the house of] Ibn 'Ulayyah, [during which] he read a third of the Qur.aan.
Humility even in front of his family
It was reported regarding ar-Rabee' ib Kuthaym that when a family member would enter his room, he would [hasten to] cover his Qur.aan.
Verily these hearts are but utensils
Verily these hearts are but utensils, so busy them with the Qur.aan, and do not busy them with anything else.