The word · The Qur’an
الحافِظ
Hafiz (of the Qur'an)
Someone who has memorised the whole Qur'an and can recite it from memory.
Also written · Hafiz · Hafidh · Hafez · Haafiz · Hafiza · Hafidha · Hafizah · Huffaz · Hafis · memoriser of the Quran · Hafiz Quran · Hafiz e Quran
The meaning
What Hafiz (of the Qur'an) means in Islam
The plural is huffaz and the feminine is hafizah. In the hadith sciences the same title means a scholar who has memorised a vast number of narrations, so it is not always about the Qur'an. It is not a permanent state either: without revision it slips away, which is why huffaz keep reciting for life.
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Words that sit beside it
- HifzMemorising the Qur'an by heart, traditionally with a teacher who hears you every day.الحِفْظ
- Muraja'ahRevision of what you have memorised, the daily work that keeps the Qur'an from slipping away.المُراجَعَة
- QariA reciter of the Qur'an; in the classical sense, one trained and certified in a particular reading.القارِئ
- Khatm al-Qur'anCompleting a full reading of the Qur'an from beginning to end.خَتْمُ القُرْآن
More from The Qur’an
- Al-Ahruf as-Sab'ahThe seven modes in which the Qur'an was revealed, an ease for the community; what a mode is stays disputed.الأَحْرُفُ السَّبْعَة
- HizbHalf a juz; the Qur'an is divided into sixty hizbs for steady daily reading.حِزْب
- Jam' al-Qur'anThe gathering of the Qur'an into one written volume, carried out under Abu Bakr and then Uthman.جَمْعُ القُرْآن
- Muhkam and MutashabihThe clear verses whose meaning is decisive, and the verses that can carry more than one meaning.المُحْكَمُ وَالمُتَشابِه
- Rub' al-HizbA quarter of a hizb, shown by the small ornamental star in the margin of the mushaf.رُبْعُ الحِزْب
- TafsirExplanation of the Qur'an: what a verse means, why it came, and what it asks of you.التَّفْسير