Hifz Revision Planner for Parents
This is a free printable planner for tracking Murajaah — the revision of what a child has already memorised — alongside new memorisation. It is the part of Hifz that decides whether memorisation lasts, and the part most often left unplanned.
To print or save as a PDF: press Ctrl + P on Windows or ⌘ + P on a Mac, then choose your printer or “Save as PDF”. One sheet covers a week.
Why revision needs its own plan
The most common reason Hifz stalls is not weak memory. It is having no revision system: new pages keep being added while older ones quietly fade, until a child who has memorised several Juz can no longer recite the earliest ones. Structured Murajaah, in rotation, is what prevents that — and it needs to be tracked separately from new lessons, because the two compete for the same time.
The four phases of a Hifz programme
Foundation
Complete a Noorani Qaida or Tajweed assessment first, and fix pronunciation before memorisation begins. Hifz built on uncorrected pronunciation has to be unlearned later.
Memorisation
New material is learned page by page, at the student's own pace. The teacher confirms a new lesson is solid before moving on — quality rather than quantity.
Murajaah (revision)
Revision happens in every single class, not occasionally. Older lessons are revised in a structured rotation so nothing is left unvisited long enough to be forgotten.
Tracking
Weekly progress reports for parents: how many pages memorised, Murajaah status, teacher feedback, and the next week's target.
Weekly planner
Print one sheet per week. Record the new lesson (sabaq), the recent revision, and the older rotation separately — if the third column is regularly empty, that is the early warning that revision is slipping.
| Day | New lesson | Recent revision | Older rotation | Fluent? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | ||||
| Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday | ||||
| Thursday | ||||
| Friday | ||||
| Saturday | ||||
| Sunday |
| Pages memorised this week | Murajaah completed | Needs re-revision | Next week's target |
|---|---|---|---|
The memorisation levels
Memorisation is usually approached in stages rather than starting at the beginning of the Qur'an:
- Introductory — short surahs, beginning with Surat Al-Balad. Training focuses on listening and imitating the teacher, spelling out the words, and fluency.
- Beginner — Juz’ Amma (جزء عمّ).
- Intermediate — Juz’ Tabarak (جزء تبارك).
- Advanced — an integrated programme for memorising and reviewing the full Qur'an, with a fixed portion memorised periodically and ongoing review.
What a child needs before starting
- Familiarity with the fundamental Tajweed rules — Noon Saakin, Meem Saakin and Qalqalah.
- Knowing the shapes of the letters as written in the Qur'an.
If either is not yet secure, the Foundation phase is where to begin. For the stage before that, see the four stages of Noorani Qaida.
How to use the planner
- Fill in new lesson and revision separately. A week with new pages and an empty revision column looks productive and is not.
- Mark “fluent” honestly. Fluent means recited without prompting, not recited with help.
- Carry anything unfluent into next week's rotation rather than moving past it.
- Keep the sheets. Several weeks side by side show whether the rotation is actually cycling or the same recent pages are being repeated.
This planner sets no pace and no deadline. How much a child memorises in a week depends on age, lesson frequency and how much they revise at home, and a target copied from someone else's child is the fastest way to make a good pace feel like failure.
Related
For the stage before memorisation, see the four stages of Noorani Qaida and the Qaida progress tracker. For how lessons are structured, see how our online Quran classes work.
If you would like a teacher to assess where your child should begin, we offer up to three free trial classes with no credit card. Our Quran memorisation course has the full programme.