We are high school students who recite the Qur'an but do not memorize it due to the many busyness, and we complete a recitation of the Qur'an once or twice a month. What is our standing with Allah?

Question:
We are high school students and we want to memorize the noble Book of Allah, but due to the many of our busyness, we are unable to memorize it. We do not waste the Qur'an; we always read it and complete a recitation of it twice or once a month. This is not a favor upon Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), but we want to know how our standing will be with our Creator on the Day of Resurrection. Do we read what we recite in this world, or only what we have memorized? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The important thing is that a person strives to recite the Qur'an and to increase in that, with reflection and an attempt to understand the noble Qur'an by the means that aid in understanding, such as reading tafsir (exegesis) and asking the people of knowledge. Increasing in recitation brings great reward and great benefit for the Muslim, whether he reads it from memory or reads it from the mushaf (written copy of the Qur'an). However, if it is facilitated for him to memorize the Qur'an, that is better. And if it is not facilitated, he reads from the mushaf. The reward in this, with a good intention, is obtained, if Allah wills, in both cases. Praise be to Allah.
As for the matters of the Hereafter, Allah knows best about them. It came in the hadith that it is said to the reader of the Qur'an: , you read, so this indicates that his reward and his position in Paradise will be according to his memorization of the Qur'an and his action with it? May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.