You have probably heard that memorizing the Quran is good for the Akhirah. The crowns for your parents, the high stations in Jannah, the honour on the Day of Judgment. That part gets talked about a lot. But almost nobody talks about what it does to your life right now. Your provision. Your barakah. The feeling that things are just... moving for you. This is not wishful thinking or motivational fluff. There is a real, documented, spiritual reality here that the scholars have spoken about for centuries. And if you are someone who once had Hifz and let it slip away, this might be the thing that finally pulls you back. Barakah Is Not Just About Money When most people hear the word rizq, they think salary and bills. But rizq in Islam is everything Allah provides: your time, your health, your relationships, your peace of mind, your children, your sleep. Barakah is not just having more of these things. It is having enough of them, and finding that what you have actually satisfies you. This is where Hifz comes in. Allah says in the Quran: 'And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out, and will provide for him from where he does not expect.' (Surah At-Talaq, 65:2-3) Taqwa is the root of this promise. And one of the most powerful ways to build taqwa is to carry the Words of Allah in your chest. When you are memorizing, reviewing, and living with the Quran, it reshapes how you think, how you spend, how you make decisions. The scholars say that the Quran brings noor into the heart, and noor into the heart shows up in how a person's life unfolds. Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullah wrote that the Quran is the greatest cure and the greatest source of life for the heart. A living heart makes better choices. A person with a living heart is more likely to be honest in business, more likely to wake up for Fajr and make dua at the best times, more likely to seek halal income and stay away from what is haram. These are not small things. These choices compound over a lifetime. What Happens When You Let the Quran Go Think back honestly. When did you feel the most scattered in your life? When was rizq feeling tight, barakah feeling absent, and your heart feeling heavy? For most people who have had Hifz and let it go, that emptiness is not a coincidence. There is a hadith narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud where the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said: 'It is a bad thing that some of you say, I have forgotten such-and-such verse of the Quran. He has been caused to forget. So you must keep on reciting the Quran because it escapes from the hearts of men faster than camels do.' (Sahih Bukhari and Muslim) The forgetting is itself described as a kind of loss. And when the Quran leaves the chest, something else tends to fill that space. Distraction. Heedlessness. Choices that seem fine in the moment but quietly drain the barakah from your life. You probably already feel this. That is why you are reading this right now. If procrastination is part of what keeps pulling you back from returning to your Hifz, you are not alone. This post breaks down exactly why that happens and what to do about it. But for now, let us stay focused on the bigger picture. Returning to the Quran Is an Act of Trust in Allah Here is the mindset shift that matters most. Most people treat Hifz like a personal project. Something they will get to when life slows down, when they have more time, when the kids are older, when work calms down. They are waiting for the conditions to be right before they give the Quran its place back. But that is backwards. Giving the Quran its place is what creates the conditions. When you commit to memorizing or revising even thirty minutes a day, you are making a statement to Allah. You are saying: I trust that my time is in Your hands, and I am choosing You first. That is tawakkul in action. And tawakkul is one of the deepest causes of barakah in rizq. People who have walked this path will tell you: the hour you give to the Quran does not disappear. It comes back multiplied in focus, in clarity, in doors opening that you did not knock on. That is not a coincidence. That is the Hifz blessings in life that nobody writes on a billboard. If you want to get serious about building that habit and making your memorization sessions actually count, these proven techniques are a solid place to start. The one thing you can do today is simple. Open the Quran right now, go to whatever surah you last had memorized, and read through it once. Just once. Reconnect. That is your first step back. Ready to Make This Real? HifzBuddy Can Help If you walked away from your Hifz years ago and you are finally ready to come back, HifzBuddy is built for people exactly like you. Not beginners starting from scratch. People who know the weight of the Quran, who had it and lost it, and who want a structured, realistic way to rebuild. HifzBuddy gives you a personal Hifz plan, a qualified teacher, and a system that fits around your actual life. If you still have portions memorized and you want to solidify your revision and push forward, HifzBuddy helps you do that too. Consistent review, accountability, and progress tracking so you stop losing what you worked so hard to gain. And if you are just starting out and want to do this properly from day one, with a structure that has helped adults complete their Hifz while managing full-time lives, HifzBuddy is where you begin. and take the first step today. May Allah put barakah in your time, your effort, and your rizq as you return to His Book.
Tajul Furqan 