قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ ١
1. Say, "O disbelievers,
Memorize Surah Al-Kafirun
سورة الكافرون
Surah Al-Kafirun has 6 verses on one page of the Madinah mushaf (page 603), in juz 30. It is learned in a single portion: listen to it, repeat it, hide it bit by bit, then recite it from memory.
Memorization plan for Surah Al-Kafirun
A single portion. Tap a portion to practise it; its status stays in this browser.
One portion: a few sessions are enough, then spaced reviews.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ٢
2. I do not worship what you worship.
وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ ٣
3. Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.
وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ ٤
4. Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.
وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ ٥
5. Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.
لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ ٦
6. For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."
Verses not to confuse
3 verses of Surah Al-Kafirun resemble other verses of the Quran: a classic trap when reciting from memory. The closest ones:
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Al-Kafirun 109:3
وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ
Al-Kafirun 109:5وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ
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Al-Kafirun 109:1
قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ
Al-A’raf 7:158قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ٱلنَّبِىِّ ٱلْأُمِّىِّ ٱلَّذِى يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَٱتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
Recite what follows from memory. Next verse:
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The method in five steps
- Read and listen
Read the portion while following a reciter, verse by verse, until you can say it without hesitation.
- Repeat
Repeat each verse several times with a pause to say it after the reciter, then join the verses together.
- Hide
Hide one word in three, then two in three, then keep only the first letters, and finally the whole text.
- Recite
Recite from memory: get tested on what follows a random verse, record yourself or recite to someone.
- Review
Come back to each portion the next day, then at longer and longer intervals, and review before learning something new.