Memorize Juz Amma in Ramadan: a 30-day plan

Juz Amma is the 30th part of the Qur’an: 37 surahs and 564 verses. Learning about 21 new verses a day, you can memorize all of it in one Ramadan and still keep the last three days for review. The plan starts with the shortest surahs, An-Nas and Al-Falaq, and works back to An-Naba.

Every surah below opens word by word, with transliteration, an English translation and a recitation you can repeat.

The 30-day plan

Day	New verses	Verses	Done
1	An-Nas (all 6), Al-Falaq (all 5), Al-Ikhlas (all 4), Al-Masad (all 5)	20	☐
2	An-Nasr (all 3), Al-Kafirun (all 6), Al-Kawthar (all 3), Al-Ma'un (all 7)	19	☐
3	Quraysh (all 4), Al-Fil (all 5), Al-Humazah (all 9)	18	☐
4	Al-'Asr (all 3), At-Takathur (all 8), Al-Qari'ah (all 11)	22	☐
5	Al-'Adiyat (all 11), Az-Zalzalah (all 8)	19	☐
6	Al-Bayyinah (all 8), Al-Qadr (all 5), Al-'Alaq 1–8	21	☐
7	Al-'Alaq 9–19, At-Tin (all 8)	19	☐
8	Ash-Sharh (all 8), Ad-Duhaa (all 11)	19	☐
9	Al-Layl (all 21)	21	☐
10	Ash-Shams (all 15), Al-Balad 1–6	21	☐
11	Al-Balad 7–20, Al-Fajr 1–7	21	☐
12	Al-Fajr 8–30	23	☐
13	Al-Ghashiyah 1–21	21	☐
14	Al-Ghashiyah 22–26, Al-A'la (all 19)	24	☐
15	At-Tariq (all 17)	17	☐
16	Al-Buruj (all 22)	22	☐
17	Al-Inshiqaq (all 25)	25	☐
18	Al-Mutaffifin 1–21	21	☐
19	Al-Mutaffifin 22–36, Al-Infitar 1–6	21	☐
20	Al-Infitar 7–19, At-Takwir 1–8	21	☐
21	At-Takwir 9–29	21	☐
22	'Abasa 1–21	21	☐
23	'Abasa 22–42	21	☐
24	An-Nazi'at 1–22	22	☐
25	An-Nazi'at 23–46	24	☐
26	An-Naba 1–20	20	☐
27	An-Naba 21–40	20	☐
28	Review An-Nas to Al-Layl (days 1–9)	—	☐
29	Review Ash-Shams to Al-Mutaffifin (days 10–18)	—	☐
30	Review Al-Mutaffifin to An-Naba (days 19–27), then recite the whole juz	—	☐

The longer surahs come at the end, so later days have fewer, longer verses. If a day is too much, carry it over: finishing after Ramadan is still finishing. To plan at your own pace, use the memorizing calculator.

How to keep up during Ramadan

Pick one fixed time. After suhoor or after Fajr suits many people, when the house is quiet.
Review before new. Recite yesterday’s verses first, then learn today’s.
Listen, then repeat one verse at a time until you can say it without looking, then join it to the verses before it.
Recite what you learnt in your prayers. It is the best review there is.
Understand the words. Reading each verse word by word makes it easier to keep.

Follow the plan in MyDugsi

MyDugsi takes you through each surah with recitation, word-by-word meanings, practice and a test, and keeps your place each day. It is free, with no ads. See also the Juz Amma surah list and tracker and how to memorize the Qur’an by yourself.