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So look out for more webinars, for more videos in insha'Allah to prepare us for that series and of course the Quran 30 for 30 in insha'Allah which will also be starting within the next week.

And finally I want to remind you all in insha'Allah of the Greek Ramadan Watsadhaqa program.

If you donate at the link below within the insha'Allah in the description then you can put the amount that you give in Ramadan in insha'Allah and it will process on the first day of Ramadan within the insha'Allah.

And alhamdulillah, I mean every year we look forward to the support that we receive from the community to continue to put out these free resources within the insha'Allah.

So please do be amongst those that sign up in insha'Allah to the Greek Ramadan Watsadhaqa program in insha'Allah at the link below.

And of course we also have the Ramadan prep webinar coming up this weekend within the insha'Allah.

So with that insha'Allah, I'm going to make this a shorter halakah insha'Allah, khatran insha'Allah.

And that is a question that often gets asked especially as we go up into Ramadan.

How often should I be reciting the Quran in the sense of how many Khatm should I do, should I recite it all, should I complete the Quran, should my goal be to complete the recitation of the Quran, should my goal be to push myself to maybe recite it twice.

Should I be looking to finish half of the Quran, how do I, you know, juggle the desire to finish the Quran with the desire to also read it in a way that I can ponder it and that I can enjoy it.

What if I have difficulty with the recitation, should I be focusing on reading the translation as well, you know, pausing, making sure that I'm understanding it.

And I want to first begin by saying that in Ramadan, you want to engage the Quran in any way possible, right.

And engaging the Quran in any way is a form of a verbata, it's a form of worship.

Whether you are engaging it by listening to its recitation or reciting it yourself or pondering upon its verses or understanding something deeper about it, all of it is a form of a verbata insha'Allah.

Even reading the translation is a form of a verbata in the intention of wanting to understand the Quran.

It's not the same as reciting the actual verses of the Quran, but it is a verbata in that sense, right.

If the intention is to gain knowledge and gain closeness to Allah and gain a greater understanding of the Quran.

So that's the first thing you want to engage the Quran in multiple ways.

The second thing is that Ramadan is certainly a month of recitation.

And so yes, we do see that the salaf, the pious predecessors used to push themselves in Ramadan to recite the Quran more in Ramadan than they would outside of Ramadan.

It wasn't a month of studying as much as it was a month of reflecting and developing and reciting, right.

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