Sunday, December 18, 2011

Internal Reflection

Salam to all. It was not a busy day today. I was busy took Oreo around for him to see the outside world. I really mean it. Awwhh.. he seemed so helpless. 
Okay, right to the main topic as the tittle suggests. 

When the first time I received this assignment, "memorizing the selected surahs from the Holy Quran", I was like
"wow!". For me, this assignment seemed interesting to be deal with. But after I went to the half way, I realized this assignment is tough actually. I took a long time to get fully ready. After that, what I can remember until now is I am too tired. 
I am okay with the memorization. Just, for you to memorize the whole thing, it takes a big effort from you, a big commitment for you to do repetition and rehearsal and not to forget for you to implement the right methods for memorizing. I learned something here, it makes know how to appreciate my time and not to fall under planning fallacy. I learned how to arrange my time, I learned what is the best method to be applied and the most important like Malay's famous saying " Usaha tangga kejayaan", means here, I learned that when you want to achieve something, you must work really hard for it and never give up because thing does not come easily to you, you are the one who must go for it.
Secondly, I just realized my ability to memorize these two surahs, 'Yaasin and Al Mulk'. Before, I was planning to memorize these two surahs but I do not think that I am able to do it because when I looked at the verses, it got my brain to tell me that it is impossible, where I can find my time? But after I did half of my memorization, I realized that actually I have the ability to do this. Of course by having the right reinforcements like my own implicit emotions. I feel proud, I feel satisfied and joy as I went through what Rasulullah has said. He wants us to have surah al Mulk in our heart which is by memorizing it. As for Yaasin, we can get so many benefits if we recite it.
Thirdly, I feel so grateful to Allah for giving me an opportunity to take Psychology of Learning as one of my subjects this semester, I gained something new here. I now understand the type of learning that we should involved in and how magnificent our brains are which are created to process as many information as they can.
Also not to forget, I have my stand here that our brain are more superb compared to the most recent computer, I phone, robots or anything else because we are the one who created them.
Even when it comes to group work, I learned how to communicate and give instructions to my other teammates in a right way because I am so called their leader in the group. For me, everybody has their own part, their own role in the group, so it is actually how well you perform it. I learned to negotiate a lot because in before, I was so strict when it comes to group work, everybody must follow what I say. But, things turned up, I ruined my own plan. So, I learned form that mistake, everybody has their own way to do their job. 
Lastly, thanks to Allah for everything that He gave, gives and will gives. Not to forget my parents, thank you for the dua'a and my supportive lecturer, Dr. Lihanna and my team mates. THANK YOU. With this, I end my report. Wassalam.


Wednesday, December 14, 2011

15th Report

Salam. Today my Arabic class which is at 2.00 p.m was cancelled. I walked around and ready to go back to mahallah. Suddenly, I bumped into Fathini. She was writing her notes near the riverside. I joined her. There, I revised again my memorization which is getting weaker and weaker. Maybe due to the reason that I do not have the excitement like before. I hope that the external assessor will come as sooner as he/she can. Huuuu... Okay, enough for now. Salam.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

14th Report

Salam. Before I start my report, I want to ask your permission to.. hahahahahahahahahahaha...ya Allah..hahahahahahahaha...I cant even stop laughing. Huuuuu.. Ya Allah, kids nowadays. The story begin like this. This couple, oh they are just 15. They had a fight, so the boy hacked his girlfriend FB account and asked me to say to his girlfriend " Saya sayang dia sangat-sangat, kak". And I was like.. "What?" You guys are just 15. You guys should focus on your PMR. Okay? Why on earth, you guys are being so preoccupied with that kind of relationship? Now, I clearly remember what my Chemistry teacher said to me. "Ini lah budak-budak Melayu. Leka. Belajar malas, bercinta saja kerja. Lepas tu tambah keturunan. Cuba tengok orang Cina tu, pendidikan nombor satu, rajin belajar. Duit pun banyak. Macam mana nak tolong Islam kalau perangai malas macam tu? Fikir nak seronok saja." Well said,cikgu Salahuddin.
Okay, enough already. My progress? Alhamdulillah wa syukurillah. I can recite surah Yaasin now with less looking at the mushaf. I already memorized all the verse but somehow I tend to forget one or two verses.  Surah Al Mulk, Alhamdulillah,  I can recite it whenever and wherever I am without problems and of course I memorized them fully now, alhamdulillah. I just rehearsed back the both surahs after Isya' prayer. The key to remember is repetition. Not just repetition but constant repetition. 
Thank you Allah for giving the idea of memorizing surahs to Dr. Lihanna.

Monday, December 5, 2011

13th Report

Salam. I was very distracted by Steve Harvey this morning. He is so funny. I just read his book, 'Act like a Lady, Think like a Man'. Very informative though there are some parts which I do not agree much :) *sigh* I totally forgot to memorize the remained verses of surah Yaasin. Alhamdulillah, as I post this entry, I am done with my memorization. BUT...... I do not satisfied yet. WHY? Because I am still stuttering if you ask me to read the whole surah. I am talking about Yaasin here. Al Mulk, Alhamdulillah, so far I still can recite them in a nice flow. Hope I can do better in Yaasin. Ya Allah, please make this easy for me, please make me focus on my memorization and please remove my procrastination habit. Ameen. I am having difficulties in handling Abet 
@ Velvet, the hamster. She is sooooo naughty. She figured the way out. I admit it was my mistake to open the cage when she was very very active. Anyway, they are getting fatten. :)

Friday, December 2, 2011

12th Report

Salam. Revising surah Al Mulk and Yasin. Alhamdulillah, still good at Al Mulk but Yaasin.. hmm. maybe because of the two packet of Mee Maggi. Forgot some verses already. Ya Allah, help me to remember those verses fully. InsyaAllah. :)

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

11th Report

Still no progress. Training new hamster named Bobo. We have three hamsters altogether and Bobo is the smartest. Good job my boy. :)

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

10th Report

Salam to all. :) Yesterday was not a holiday for me because I was so preoccupied with my maze-training. Emm..seem like Oreo and Velvet can adapt with it. Even though for the starting they were afraid. So, no memorization yesterday. I plan to deal with the new verses today. 15 left for Yaasin. Alhamdulillah. Seriously, memorizing the Quran is not an easy- peasy matter. I forgot certain verses today. Maybe because of my sins or because I ate mee Maggi last night. :(  Ok la.. I'm feeling so stress right now. Hahahaha. I hate this part, forgetting something which is crucial that you already remembered before. Tata.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

9th Report

Assalamualaikum. :) I dont remember exactly for how many times I recited back all the verses that I have memorized for today. (fully Al Mulk and more than half Yaasin). More than 10 times I think. Phewwww...so tiring, I tell you. Ya Allah, the maintenance rehearsal processes took more than what I had expected. Alhamdulillah, I already memorized surah Al Mulk fully and surah Yaasin is still on progress. For now, 70 verses for surah Yaasin altogether in my mind. It means that 13 verses left. Ya Allah. I hope I can finish my memorization by tomorrow. Using a little bit of my organizational strategy, I imposed a rhythm for my recitation so that I couldn't forget easily. Sorry, I know I have a worse grammar but I want to use this opportunity to write in English which rarely happened, except during examination. The mushaf I used help me a lot. When I started to recite, the position of the ayah appeared in my mind as I am seeing the mushaf, which is I dont, of course. If the ayah in the next page, my mind will imagine that the exact position of the ayah. Kalimah after kalimah, even the slashes that I put for my chungking process. Its a visual imagery process. Hmm...what a special abilities our brain has right? The Creator must be more than superb! Allahuakbar.. So, I think thats all for today, I want to rest. With that, I end my post, assalamualaikum.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

8th Report

Salam Maal Hijrah. :) Assalamualaikum everyone. Hows ur day for today? Mine is still going good, alhamdulillah wa syukurillah. Alhamdulillah, Allah still give me the chance to update this blog. InsyaAllah, I om on my way to jot my little progress. 
So, lets start with what happened last night. Last night, I waited for my dinner like for ages. I went there (cafeteria) at 7.15 pm and I got my food at 8.15 pm. My my, the cafe  was not even full. Maybe the chef had his arm broken or whatsoever. I took the opportunity to recite again what I had memorized, it was a total fail. The cafe was ssooooooo noisy because Maharaja Lawak Mega was on aired. *SIGH* 
Forget about that, now lets start with my new progression, alhamdulillah, I already memorized 46 verses of surah Yaasin which consists, 83 verses altogether. Emm..it means that....I have 37 more verses to go! Whoa.. It must be getting tougher and tougher because the verses are getting longer and longer (sounds rhythmic). Ya Allah, please make me work hard for it.  Please do not make me lazy. And please ya Allah, tell my patience to stay strong. :) Because at the end, there is a reward.

Friday, November 25, 2011

7th Report

Assalamualaikum. Report for today, I am very upset because everything was not according to plan. *sigh* I went to daurah tahmidi this night and I thought it will only take me about two hours or one hour. It did not turn up as it would be. Topic for today, fiqh siyasah. Conclusion, the talk was okay la.. so-so. And I am too tired for memorizing the new ayah. I just rehearsed the 27 verses of surah Yaasin while I am waiting for my friend. After the daurah finished, she told me that she planned to memorize her notes near the riverside. So, tomorrow morning, insyaAllah, at 7.30 AM we will go there and I can speed up for my memorization, hopefully. :)

Thursday, November 24, 2011

6th Report

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuh. :) Report for today, I recited surah Al Mulk, all the thirty verses, alhamdulillah, with less stuttered this morning. I recited the surah while I am playing with Oreo and Velvet ( hamsters for another course project) and I tried my best to return to what I have memorized during any time that I feel free. I am very afraid if I forget all the verses. 

Progress for today, alhamdulillah, all praises to Allah, I already memorized 27 verses from surah Yaasin. 56 verses to go, insyaAllah. I even took some videos of myself reciting the surah back. From that video, I spotted several mistakes for instance, I recited the verses without following the right sequences, then of course, I took some effort to make correction.

I think thats all for today. Let us ponder a bit what Rasululullah has said in his saying : "Verily, the example of the owner of the Quran is like the example of the owner of the tied camel. If he keeps it tied, (commit himself to it) he will hold it back and if he lets it loose it will escape from him".  :)  May Allah bless each one of us, ameen.

Monday, November 21, 2011

5th Report

Salam. Currently studying for PSYC 1080's mid term exam tomorrow. A brief update. Repeated the thirty verses of surah al Mulk twice. Recited it in solah Maghrib and in front of the two hamsters to calm them. It works, masyaAllah :)

4th Report

Assalamualaikum. :) Alhamdulillah,  I managed to memorize all the thirty verses of surah al Mulk completely after some several tries last night. It was exhausting, I tell you but I like the way it ends. :) I read/rehearsed the verses when I wanted to sleep last night and this morning after Subuh prayer. I need more speed for surah Yaasin which I promised myself it will be start on this upcoming Wednesday, InsyaAllah. Have a good day. :) and please smile. 
 

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Third Report.

Assalamualaikum. You know, learning a piece of information at once, does not guarantee that you will remember it later on. And that is what happened to ME. Yes people. Remember that I posted in the previous post that I started memorized on September? Well its good if I do my repetition often. After sometimes, I started to preoccupied with other things. Assignments? Not much. Mid terms? Naa.. Its a must right? . I PROCRASTINATE my repetition on surah al Mulk. Now, let me remind myself. "Dear Lina, you dont memorize Yaasin yet, loser". Sorry Doctor, this is how I remind/discipline myself or otherwise I will keep on repeating the alike behavior. (negative feedback)
So, after thinking for a while, I decided to rehearse back. Guess what? I forgot some part of it. Nice right? Dateline is around the corner. So, I need to speed up. Remember my Quran that I used before? I left it home, unintentionally. So, its kind of difficult for me to use the other one that I borrowed. Huuuuuuu..... But its okay. 

I started after Maghrib and I found that like I never memorized it before. Ya Allah.. :(
First, I open the Quran, and I read through for four times. Then I closed it. I try to recall back. Failed at the eleventh's ayah. I tried again. This time, I repeated my eleventh until 30th for four times. I managed to memorize until 19th. Ya Allah. I tried again. 19th ayah to the 30th I repeated for two times.
 
Then after that, after 6 repetition for the whole surah ( I need to force myself), I managed to remember all the thirty verses and I hope it will last forever in my mind. I even took some videos of me reciting the surah back. :) Its like doing a hard memory traces. This time, I used the same rhythm, you know, with same melody and the verses came to my mind like after this melody should come this verse. How should I say eh? Haa.. like lyrics in the songs. I know, Quranic verses are much more pure, high and awesome than any other songs because its KALAMULLAH :) . Let me give you an example, imagine yourself are memorizing national anthem. You know right, after " Negaraku..." started with the deep tone, "Tanah tumpahnya darahku".. beginning with the high tone come afterwards, and so on. :) So do as the verses. Right after "Tabaarakallazi..." with specific tone , '"Allazi khalaqal mauta wal hayah..."will be the the next to complete the whole melody. Get it? I hope you are. :) Or should I say, melodious recitation is pleasing to ones hearing and also assists in memorization? Hehe.
So, I think thats all and what I should do next is keep repeating without failing, insyaAllah. Surah Yaasin, I am on my way. Please make me work hard for it ya Allah. Amin.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Second Report

Assalamualaikum. I'm opening my record book right now. It is where I jot down every of  my progress before I post them on my blog. I tried to memorize surah Al Mulk by repeatedly repeated the same verses from verse 1 until 14 on 30th September. I know, it was too early but I know my limit, since I have nothing to worry much on that time, not having too much assignment  to handle with, so I spent my time doing my memorization even it was not much. Since I am not that familiar with surah Al Mulk , the verses did gave me some effects. I tend to having difficulties  in memorizing the verses because they seemed long to me. So what I did on that particular time, I cut or let us easily say I divided them into parts. Take a look :


 The slashes are the dividers. Some verse got two slashes. It is easier for me to memorize if the words become shorter. Being able to remember a greater number of short items than longer items is known as WORD LENGTH EFFECT. :) 

My Record Book :)

Monday, October 10, 2011

Why I Chose surah Yaasin and Al Mulk?

Assalamualaikum
As has been informed by the blog's description, I have to record my own progression in memorizing the surahs from the Holy Quran. This is a course work given by Dr. Lihanna for my Psychology of Learning subject.
Three surahs have been given, surah Yaasin (obligatory), surah al Mulk (optional), surah al Waaqiah (optional) and I have chosen surah Yaasin and surah al Mulk. Why? Because....
I read a small book few days ago and I found out that there are so many benefits that we can gain just by reading surah Yaasin and al Mulk. The book is written by Haji Johari Haji Alias. The title of the book is 'Amalan surah-surah pilihan'. Inside the book there are many hadith narrated by famous narrators and most of the hadith mentioned about the benefits of these three surahs.

For surah Yaasin :
  • The Prophet P.B.U.H said,  ‘Surely everything has a heart, and the heart of the Qur’an is Yaasin. Whoever recites Yaasin , Allah will record the reward of reciting the Qur’an ten times. (HR At Tirmizi)
  • The Prophet said, ‘Whoever recited Surah Yasin in the night seeking Allah’s pleasure, Allah would forgive him’ (Ibn Hibban, Darimi 3283/A, Abu Yala, Tabarani, Baihaqi & Ibn Mardawaih, Ibnu Kathir)
  • Narrated by Ibn Abbas, Prophet P.B.U.h said :  I would love that it (Yaasin) be in the heart of every person of my people’ (Bazzar, Ibn Kathir)   
For surah Al Mulk :
  • Narrated by Anas Ibn Malik, the Prophet said, ‘There is a surah in the Qur’an which is only thirty verses. It defended whoever recited it , until it puts him into paradise'which is Tabaarakallazi (Al Mulk) (At Tabarani)
  • Prophet P.B.U.h said :  I would love that it (Al Mulk) be in the heart of every person of my people’ ( Ibn Kathir)
So, rather than it is an obligatory course work to be completed, I chose both of the surahs for the sake of their benefits that Allah surely will gives for whoever He wants and because of the encouragement from our beloved Prophet to have these surahs in our heart, other word, memorize. Allahua'lam.


Friday, September 30, 2011

First Report

Assalamualaikum. 
I started with surah Al Mulk. On a first day of my big project, FOCUS is what I need most. I begun my memorization by giving a full CONCENTRATION, and ATTENTION in order to absorb as many kalimah/ sentences/ayah as I can. I tried to find a place which free from distractions, my little compartment. This happened on 30th September 2011. I keep my progress on record. :) 
I bear in my mind that the purification of one's intention and correcting ones desire is obligatory. Therefore, SINCERITY in memorizing the Quran is a crucial element. There is no reward for one who recited Quran and memorized it to show off and to be heard of.