What are the steps that help in memorizing the Qur'an?

Question : He says: Honorable Shaykh, what are the steps that help in memorizing the Qur'an, especially in this month? And is there a time of night or day when memorization is better than other times?

Answer : Yes. As for the steps to memorize the Qur'an, they vary and cannot be confined to a single rule. However, if one reads five verses, memorizes them, and then moves on to another five once he has memorized and perfected them, that would be good. This is reported from 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who ordered that children be taught the Qur'an in portions of five verses. As for the best times for memorization, they are times of rest, tranquility, and presence of heart. For example, the days of youth. As you know, a child does not understand anything other than what is immediately before him and does not concern himself with the affairs of people. You give him something sweet and he laughs, and you scold him and he cries immediately, because he has no distant plans to make. Therefore, memorizing the Qur'an in youth is much better than memorizing it in old age, and it is easier and more lasting. As for the older person, people differ greatly in the speed of memorization and the speed of forgetting. But a person must review what he has memorized of the Book of Allah, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded that and said: "Review the Qur'an, for by Him in whose hand is my soul, it is more likely to slip away, or he said, to be released, than camels from their ropes."