memorisation

Every Ramadan, Muslims recite all 114 chapters of the Qur’an. That’s more than 6000 verses, all in classical Arabic. But some will not have to read it from the page – they will have it memorised. They’re known as Hafiz, and they commit years of their lives devoting their holy book to memory.

Professor Halim Rane teaches Islamic Studies in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University.

Imam Ensar Cutahija is imam of Rochdale Mosque in Brisbane and so far the only hafiz among Bosnian Muslims in Australia.

Amr Ahmed memorised the Qur’an at age 10. He is now in year 9 at an Islamic school in Melbourne.

ABC Religion and Ethics is running a special Ramadan series by Susan Carland and Saara Sabbagh. Read the first instalment.

Sermon Notes are here: http://bible.com/events/48856582

FREE Tools for Learning the Bible:

The Bible App: (Get reading plans and our sermon notes)

https://my.bible.com

The Bible Project (great explanation videos)

https://bibleproject.com

Bible Memory App (learn bible verses)

https://biblememory.com

N.E.T. Bible (very good notes) (SN, TN, TC)

https://netbible.org

Live the Long Walk devotional:

The https://livethelongwalk.com

Bible Reading Log: Available from church

BOOKMARKS: Available from the church

Sermon Series:

1 Corinthians: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9STVGOOCWQ9IU6eH75AZM3u

James: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9Rd0zDOUjiKv_VZi3cgy9Ak

Sermon on the Mount: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9QX8d_uZ63Zx9vyXyw1GjM_

Ecclesiastes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9S0IRZze61msE_EbUfuth4X

Ephesians 4: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJvWuVpJQ9TlxdaqbAiREp4Pmc_s5LbA

Last episode our guests recommended vocabulary as the first thing to concentrate on when you start your language learning, and in this episode we do just that.

Re-joining Alex is the UK’s most renowned lexicographer Susie Dent, who talks about why vocab is so important and how best to pick up more of it. We also have U.S. Memory Champion Chester Santos, who provides us with some principals on improving our memory and how to apply it to learning new words.

You can also join Alex and Susie in a fun, immersive exercise where they try to memorise 15 random words in a row! Good luck!

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