My Quran Journey — One Surah at a Time
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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A Personal Reflection from Bilkisu Quranic Center
Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh!
Dear Steemians!
Sometimes,there are journeys you plan. And then there are journeys that plan you.
When I first decided to build an online Quran learning platform, I did not imagine I would be sitting here today — 27 lessons deep into a Surah-by-Surah series, with 86 more ahead of me, writing to a global community of people I have never met but feel deeply connected to.
This post today is a lesson, not My usual tutorial but simply me — pausing to look back into my dear achievement between Lesson 27 and Lesson 28 — to share what this journey has meant, what it has taught me, and why I believe the Quran belongs to every Muslim, everywhere, regardless of time, distance, or circumstance.
📖 Where It Began
"Read in the name of your Lord who created. He taught by the pen — taught man what he did not know."
— Surah Al-Alaq, 96:1-5 | quran.com/al-alaq/1
The first revelation was a command to read and to teach. Every lesson I publish is my small answer to that command.
It started with Al-Fatiha — seven verses that every Muslim recites at least seventeen times a day, yet most have never sat down to understand word by word. I built Lesson 1 not knowing if anyone would read it. Someone did. And then someone else. And slowly the series grew.
🌟 What 27 Lessons Have Taught Me
Each Surah in Juz Amma carries its own world. But as I worked through them one by one — from the three verses of Al-Kawthar to the thirty verses of Al-Fajr — certain truths kept surfacing that I could not ignore.
Consistency is a form of worship. The most beloved deeds to Allah are those done consistently, even if they are small. Every lesson I published on a hard day, every week I showed up when I did not feel creative — those moments were not just content creation. They were acts of devotion.
Teaching deepens understanding. Before I built the word-by-word breakdown for Surah Al-Fatiha, I thought I knew it. I had recited it thousands of times in Salah. But explaining every word, its root, its meaning, its grammatical form — I discovered that I had been reciting something I had barely begun to know. Every lesson teaches the teacher first.
The Quran meets everyone where they are. A mother who cannot leave her home. A professional with no time for fixed classes. A revert living far from any Islamic center. A child in a rural area with no qualified teacher nearby. These are the people I build for. And Allah says:
"And We have certainly made the Quran easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?"
— Surah Al-Qamar, 54:17 | quran.com/al-qamar/17
Easy. That is Allah's own word for it. Every lesson I build is my attempt to honour that promise.
🌸 The Lesson That Moved Me Most — Al-Fajr
Lesson 27 — Surah Al-Fajr — is the longest lesson in the series so far at 30 verses. And it contains what I consider the most beautiful address in all of Juz Amma:
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
"O soul at peace — return to your Lord, pleased and pleasing. Enter among My servants. Enter My paradise."
— Surah Al-Fajr, 89:27-30 | quran.com/al-fajr/27
These four verses are recited at funerals across the Muslim world — a farewell and a divine promise. But what struck me as I built this lesson was this: the soul called mutma'innah — at peace — is not a soul that never struggled. It is a soul that found its rest in Allah, through every struggle, and kept returning to Him.
That is the kind of soul I want to build — one lesson, one day, one act of trust at a time.
📚 The Series So Far — 27 Lessons Published
| Lessons | Surahs Covered |
|---|---|
| L1 — L10 | Al-Fatiha → Quraysh |
| L11 — L20 | Al-Feel → Al-Alaq |
| L21 — L27 | At-Tin → Al-Fajr |
| Next | L28 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah |
Every lesson includes full Arabic text, Tajweed rules, word-by-word breakdowns, verse explanations, audio reciter cards, quizzes, and a Kids Corner — all free, all online, all for whoever needs it.
🌐 Explore the full series: bilquranic.blogspot.com
📘 Follow us: Bilkisu Qur'anic Centre
🤲 What Keeps Me Going
On the days when the blank lesson template feels impossible to fill, I remember why I started.
Someone out there is learning Al-Fatiha for the first time at 45 years old.
Someone is teaching their child Al-Ikhlas using our Kids Corner.
Someone is hearing the word mutma'innah explained for the first time and realising that peace — real, deep peace — is something they can build.
"When a person dies, their deeds come to an end except for three: ongoing charity, knowledge that is benefited from, or a righteous child who prays for them."
— Sahih Muslim | sunnah.com/muslim/25/14
Every lesson published is a seed. I do not always see what it grows into. But I trust the soil.
🌙 What Is Coming Next
Lesson 28 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah (88)
"Has there come to you the report of the Overwhelming Event?"
26 verses. Two radically different groups facing completely different destinies. Then the signs of Allah in creation — the camel, the sky, the mountains, the earth — all as evidence. Coming soon at bilquranic.blogspot.com.
📖 Trusted Resources
📖 Read the Quran: quran.com
📿 Verify Hadith: sunnah.com
🎧 Free Recitations: quranicaudio.com
🕌 Free Islamic Courses: seekersguidance.org
❓ Islamic Q&A: islamqa.info
🌐 Our Blog: bilquranic.blogspot.com
📘 Our Facebook: Bilkisu Qur'anic Centre
May Allah make us all from the people of the Quran — those whose hearts found their rest in His words. Ameen. 🤲
If this post touched you, please you may give thank to Allah. Jazakumullahu Khairan.

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