To miss a week of learning is much

Sometimes you have a really good reason for NOT reading the Qur'an. This is one. I have not been able to recite for several days and I would really like to start again. But I can listen to the surah that I want to learn. This week it is still repeating the both Surahs al-fajr and surah al-kahf. I have not learnt even one verse of the latter yet. Still working on that. 

1st week gone, now surat al-Kahf (18)

Today it is Friday.

The first week has past away really fast. I have at least started to learn the Qur'an again. It was ten years ago I stopped after having learnt so much about islam and Qur'an. Now it is really time to continue this journey. This weeks challengs is to learn Surat al-Kahf. The reason for this is because the prophet salatu wa salem said that if we learn ten verses and recites them we will get protection from the dajjal. 


Abu al-Darda (Allah be pleased with him) related that the Prophet of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said, Whoever commits ten verses from the beginning Surat al-Kahf will be protected from the Dajjal.[Muslim, Abu Dawud, Nasai, and others; the wording is Muslims]


If you recite surat al-Kahf on every Friday, a light will shine for you between the two Fridays. The evidence for it being recommended includes the hadith related by Hakim and Bayhaqi, from Abu Sa`id (Allah be pleased with him), Whoever recites Surat al-Kahf on Friday, light shall shine forth for him between the two Fridays. [Ibn Hajar, Talkhis al-Habīr]


It is recommended to recite Surat al-Kahf completely the night before Friday, and it is also recommended to do so Friday itself, before Maghrib time. Ibn Abidin said, And it is best to do so early on Friday, in order to rush to the good and to avoid forgetting. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, Bab al-Jumu`ah]

So the first day of this week, I have at least listened at the whole recitation and I am now trying to learn the verses, which is really hard. I try to relax to concentrate more. I also have to pray more so I can capture the verses more easily. Pray for me so that I