Al-Ahqaf holds the verse most quoted about parents — thirty months of carrying and weaning, and the prayer of a man reaching forty — and the story of 'Ad, who saw a cloud coming and thought it was rain.
At this pace the whole surah takes 12 study days.
Study days are days you actually sit down to memorise — miss one and the plan simply moves with you.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ حمٓ…أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
The challenge to produce evidence; the one who says 'uff' to his parents; and the thirty months, and the prayer at forty.
Study days 1-5
وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ إِحْسَٰنًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرْهًۭا وَوَضَعَتْهُ…بَلْ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ
Warning his people among the sand dunes; the cloud they thought was rain; and: it is a wind carrying a painful punishment.
Study days 5-10
وَإِذْ صَرَفْنَآ إِلَيْكَ نَفَرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ…مِّن نَّهَارٍۭ ۚ بَلَٰغٌۭ ۚ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ
They heard a Book sent down after Musa, went back as warners — and: be patient as the messengers of firm resolve were patient.
Study days 10-12
The jinn who heard the Qur'an here went back to their people saying they had heard a Book revealed after Musa, which is the surah's quiet argument for its own continuity.
A short walk through all 3 sections of this surah, in the order you will memorise them.
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