Cultural differences įor Muslims who are attempting to memorize certain suras but are unfamiliar with the Arabic script, the ulema have made various elucidations. In Pakistan alone, Qari Hafeez Jalandhari, the general secretary of the Wafaq-ul-Madaris, which is a central board accounting for most of the religious seminaries in Pakistan, says that, in its network of madaris, 'one million children have become Hafiz-e-Quran after an exam was introduced in 1982', with more than 78,000 (including 14,000 girls) every year, which he compared to the yearly output of Saudi Arabia, which is 5,000. The Quran is perhaps the only book, religious or secular, that has been memorized completely by millions of people. Yearly, thousands of students master the Quran and complete the book with interpretation and also memorisation. The memorisation of the Quran was important to Muslims in the past and also in the present. To ensure perfect recall of all the learned verses requires constant practice.

Having memorised the Quran, the hafiz or hafiza must then ensure they do not forget it. Abdullah ibn Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “The Hafiz-e-Quran (a person who has memorized the Quran) will be said on the day of Judgment: Recite and rise in status, recite as you used to recite in the world, for your status will be at the last verse that you recite.” (Jami` at-thirmidhi 2914) Muslims believe that whoever memorizes the Quran and acts upon it will be rewarded and honoured greatly by Allah, so that they will rise in status in Paradise to a level commensurate with what they memorized of the Book of Allah.

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