Ramadhan is (Almost) Over

Yesterday I did depressuring overtime at office.
Today I do ironing overtime at home.
Tomorrow is Idul Fitri and Ramadhan then is over.
What have I done during this holy month?
I realized I have not done something special. Not increasing worship either.
Too much working, too much complaining.
Still very far from an obeyed Muslim, a mature person..
Forgive me Allah, for being so imperfect and done so much wrong things..
Hope I can still struggle doing good things inside and outside. Only care to what's needed to be cared.
Thank you for all of what You have given to me. It's more than enough.

Wishing all of you Happy Idul Fitri.
Please forgive my mistakes.
And hopefully we can meet Ramadhan again next year, and do better. Aamiin.

Some Tips to Memorize Quran

What is my favorite chatting apps? 

Whatsapp.

Why? 

Because I can join with so many groups about keeping the consistency in doing worship.

What is the example? 

Memorizing Quran.

How?

1. In weekdays, I memorize one new verse per each day. I usually start to memorize the new verse after Shubuh. And then I repeat while I ride my motorcycle from home to the office. I also repeat all of the Surah that I have completed until I arrive.
2. In weekend, I repeat the five verses that I have been memorized in weekdays. For the time, it can be anytime. Not specialized in one time like in weekdays. If I have time like when my daughter has not woken up from sleep, or when sitting in car, or when I just have a free mind :) There is the research that states the best time to memorize Quran is after Shubuh and Maghrib time.
3. In the end of the week, via voice record I report the five verses to group. The advantage of joining this Whatsapp group is there is two admin group who will correct the recitation (like tajwid, mad, etc.). So beside memorizing, I also learn again tajwid and tahsin.

What Surah do I start from?

Juz 30, from An-Naba to An-Naas.

Do you interest to join?

I hope :)

1/4 to Heaven and One Day One Page

This month I join another Facebook group which is ITBMotherhood, a group for ITB students and alumni, especially who have interest to kid and mother world. At that group I found two interesting postings about reading and memorizing Al-Quran via Whatsapp group. Suddenly I want to join those groups.

First group is namely "1/4 to Heaven". Via Whatsapp group that consists of 30 people, everyone everyday is reading 1/4 juz of Quran (it's about 5 pages). So in four days, this group will finish reading Quran (khatam). For the next four days, everyone is then continue reading to the next juz. Everyone also has to report to the group everyday whether she has read her part. This will make you keep in spirit for finishing your part :)

The second group is namely "One Day One Page". It's also using Whatsapp group but only consists of ten people. In this group, everyone needs to memorize one page Quran in one day, starting from the latest Surah in juz 30 (An-Naas). And then everyone report it to the group via Whatsapp recorder. Until today, I have reported until surat Ad-Dhuha which is it's a half of juz 30, but it's getting harder and harder to memorize next surah and keep memorizing the former surah :'( Hopefully I can do it better.. Aamiin.

I also hope this activities will become my saving to the next life.. and my baby also can follow doing it. Because if you want to make your child to do something, there's no other choice beside you also do it.

Cheers mothers :)

From Abu Umamah RA he said, "I hear Rasullullah SAW says, "Read by you Al-Quran, actually Quran will give syafaat (help) in judgement day for the readers (hafizh)."" HR Muslim.