# Day 10: Your Qur'an Goals | Ramadan Strong **Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman **Series:** Ramadan Strong **Published:** 2019-05-15 **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLreDaF9Zjc **URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-10-your-quran-goals-ramadan-strong **Topics:** Acts of Worship, Sharia ## Description How to pick up momentum on your recitation of Qur’an in the middle 10 days, and develop a habit that can last once Ramadan is over. ## Transcript **[0:01]** Ramadan Strong As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh everyone. Welcome back to Ramadan Strong. So, one of the things that we try to do in Ramadan, obviously, is acquaint ourselves with the Qur'an. **[0:21]** You've got this evening recitation in the masjid, but somebody else is reciting it, right? The last ten nights of Ramadan, we tend to flock to the masjid and to enjoy the tahajjud prayer later on in the night. And still someone else is reading the Qur'an. **[0:36]** And we often forget in that that it's our job to establish our own regimen of the recitation of the Qur'an. And that Allah, azza wa jalla, has tasked us with it and we need to develop a habit that continues to after Ramadan. So, by now you're about to experience the Ramadan dip and what many people don't take into consideration is that the perfect time to catch up on your Ramadan goal is the middle ten days. **[1:01]** Because the first ten days you're still getting used to fasting. The last ten days you are engaging in du'a and tahajjud and again usually praying behind someone else. The middle ten days, which are the slowest days of Ramadan, are the days in which you could recapture your momentum when it comes to reading the Qur'an. **[1:19]** So, a few points to mention here, insha'Allah ta'ala. Number one, if your initial goal that you set seems to be completely out of reach now, then readjust the goal, don't abandon it. So, if you set out, for example, to do three khatmas of the Qur'an, you're going to recite three, but you're finding that reciting the Qur'an three times in total is becoming too difficult for you, then go ahead and make it two instead. **[1:41]** But don't abandon your goal altogether. If you set a goal for yourself and you're 50 to 75% of that goal in the first ten, then motivate yourself to catch up in the next ten, insha'Allah. So, let's say that you said that you want to read 30 juz, meaning the entire Qur'an over the month, **[1:58]** and it's ten days in and you've gotten six or seven done. Don't despair, even if you're at four or five. You know what, push yourself to catch up insha'Allah in these next ten days, so that you can reconnect once again. And then, one thing that I'd also like to say is that it's important for us to set a goal for ourselves, **[2:18]** to acquaint ourselves with the Qur'an after Ramadan from now. What does that look like? You know, Ramadan is not a time for you to just set a block goal for yourself of the Qur'an and try to catch it all in a few days. No, the point is a daily recitation of the Qur'an. **[2:33]** So, if I'm going to do five pages instead of ten, that's fine. But after Ramadan, what I like to do is called the one-third rule. From now, think about a goal that you can keep one-third of or one-half of insha'Allah as a habit after Ramadan. **[2:48]** Remember, the goal is to bring Ramadan into our lives as a daily habit insha'Allah ta'ala. So, if I'm going to do a juz in Ramadan, I want to do half every month insha'Allah after Ramadan. May Allah make us people of the Qur'an. Keep up your Ramadan strong insha'Allah. **[3:03]** Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. ## Other Episodes in "Ramadan Strong" - [Day 30: Farewell, Ramadan | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-30-farewell-ramadan-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 29: Beware of Ramadanitis | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-29-beware-of-ramadanitis-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 28: Practicing Istiqama for the Long Haul | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-28-practicing-istiqama-for-the-long-haul-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 27: Meeting the Best Version of Ourselves | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-27-meeting-the-best-version-of-ourselves-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 26: A Date with Destiny | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-26-a-date-with-destiny-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 25: The Value of Seclusion - Ihtikaf | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-25-the-value-of-seclusion-ihtikaf-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 24: When the Night Draws its Curtain —The Importance of Tahajjud | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-24-the-importance-of-tahajjud-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 23: Maximizing the Last Ten Days | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-23-maximizing-the-last-day-days-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 22: Charity in the Last 10 Nights | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-22-charity-in-the-last-10-nights-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 21: Ten Days Ahead, Another Chance? | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-21-ten-days-ahead-another-chance.md) - [Day 20: The Extra Good Deed | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-20-the-extra-good-deed-ramadan-strong-2.md) - [Day 19: The Man Who Thought He Thanked God Enough | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-19-the-man-who-thought-he-thanked-god-enough-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 18: When Ramadan Breaks | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-18-when-ramadan-breaks-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 17: Ramadans of Yore | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-17-ramadans-of-yore-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 16: Detox by Day and Indulge By Night | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-16-detox-by-day-and-indulge-by-night.md) - [Day 15 | Overcoming the Mid-Ramadan Slump | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-15-mid-ramadan-slump-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 14 | Praise be to Allah | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-14-praise-be-to-allah-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 13 | The Need for Consistency and Balance | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-13-consistency-and-balance-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 11: "...but I've already fallen behind in my Ramadan goals" | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-11-behind-in-my-ramadan-goals-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 9: Desire, Dedication, Discipline | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-9-desire-dedication-discipline-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 8: Talking to Allah | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-8-talking-to-allah-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 7: The Importance of Documenting Progress | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-7-the-importance-of-documenting-progress-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 6: Being Excused from Fasting is a Gift From God | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-6-being-excused-from-fasting-is-a-gift-from-god-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 5: Be Present | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-5-be-present-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 4: So That You Attain God-Consciousness | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-4-so-that-you-attain-god-consciousness-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 3: Mindful Fasting to Feed Your Soul | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-3-mindful-fasting-to-feed-your-soul-ramadan-strong.md) - [Day 1: Not Just Another Ramadan | Ramadan Strong](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/day-1-not-just-another-ramadan-ramadan-strong.md) - [Ramadan Strong: Series Introduction](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/ramadan-strong/ramadan-strong-series-introduction.md)