Quran Memorization (Hifz) Classes Online

Memorizing a new portion is the easy half of Hifz. Holding on to what was memorized last month, and last year, is the work that decides whether a child finishes. EverHidayah’s online Hifz classes run on the classical sabaq, sabqi and manzil cycle. Before every class, the academy works out what is due for revision, so the older portions keep coming back round.

Hifz, or Quran memorization, is one of four courses open at EverHidayah, alongside Noorani Qaida, Nazra and Tajweed. Classes are live and one to one by default, taught by qualified Hafiz, Aalim and Alimah tutors to families across the US, Canada, the UK, Europe and Australia.

How online Hifz classes work: sabaq, sabqi and manzil

A Hifz class has three parts, and the academy tracks all three:

• Sabaq: the new portion, the piece being memorized now.
• Sabqi: recent revision, the portions memorized lately and still settling.
• Manzil: long-term revision, older portions cycled back so the whole memorization stays alive.

Revision is worked out before the class, not during it

When a tutor opens a Hifz class, a briefing card is already waiting: where the student is, what revision is due today, what is overdue, how the last homework went, which ratings have been slipping, and the note left after the last class. It is built automatically from the child’s own record.

The scheduling behind it is plain. A portion tested strongly goes to the back of the queue. A shaky pass returns sooner than a strong one, and a portion that failed returns almost immediately. Recently memorized portions sit in the sabqi rotation while they settle, then graduate into the longer manzil cycle. Each portion carries a memorization strength that every test updates: a strong test restores it, a shaky one lowers it, a failed one lowers it further.

One honest consequence: revision due dates are calendar dates, not class numbers. If your child has two classes a week rather than five, more revision is waiting at each one.

Tracking Hifz progress: thirty juz you can see

Parents get the Quran map: a grid of your child’s Quran — every surah, and each of the thirty ajza — that fills in as the memorization grows. For Hifz the shade of a completed cell follows memorization strength, so a portion going soft looks different from one held firmly. You do not have to ask how revision is going. You can look. Alongside the map:

• A journey timeline: first class, every juz completed, badges, certificates and streak records, in order.
• Certificates at real milestones, including each juz completed and khatm milestones.
• Moments: when a surah is finished or a first ayah recited alone, the tutor marks and labels it on the spot. It lands on the timeline, and you hear it as audio, straight from the class recording, with the video a tap away.
• A weekly report by email: attendance and punctuality, curriculum movement, homework, and the tutor’s own note.

Every class is recorded and appears in your library, kept for six months. A recording holding a marked Moment is kept for as long as your account exists, so the first time your child recites a surah alone does not expire.

Is your child ready to start Hifz?

Hifz asks more of a family than the other courses. Revision is daily work, and most of it happens between classes. It suits a student who already reads the mushaf with reasonable fluency, so class time goes on memorizing rather than decoding. It also asks for practice at home most days, and a weekly rhythm the household can keep.

When something else is the better start

If your child is still on letters, harakaat and joining, start with Noorani Qaida, seventeen lessons that build reading from zero. If the reading is there but halting, Nazra comes first: all 604 pages of the mushaf, graded page by page for fluency. If reading is fluent but full of small errors, a dedicated Tajweed track is the faster fix, though tajweed is woven through Qaida and Nazra anyway.

Tafseer, Islamic Studies and Arabic Basics are not open yet. Adults are welcome on the same courses, with the same tutors and the same progress record.

What a Hifz week looks like

Two, three or five classes a week, billed monthly or quarterly, with a sibling discount for a second child. A 30-minute lesson is standard, with 45- and 60-minute options for older students, and the same tutor takes your child each week. Eid and academy days off are skipped automatically, and a subscription can be paused for a family holiday. Plan structure is on the plans page.

Tutor and child read from the same shared mushaf, and the page position saves into the progress record. Between classes the tutor assigns a recitation, your child records it in the app, up to five minutes, and the tutor replies with a voice note or written feedback. Classes and submitted recitations keep a practice streak alive, with one recovery a week so a single missed day does not break it. There are no leaderboards.

After every class the tutor files a short log: position confirmed, three ratings out of five for understanding, effort and fluency, a note, sometimes a voice message for you. The log is not optional; a tutor is not paid for a class until it is filed.

The teacher, and the language at home

Tutors are qualified Hafiz, Aalim and Alimah teachers, identity-verified, certificate-checked and approved course by course. You see a teaching name and qualifications, never a surname or personal contact details. Ask for a female tutor for a daughter and that request is honored. Your child’s teacher is matched after the trial; any profile shown on our teachers page is illustrative, not a real member of staff.

You do not need Urdu. Live translation runs inside the classroom in both directions, so you can speak to the tutor in English and hear the reply in English.

If a tutor ever changes, the revision queue does not reset. The record stays with your child, not with the tutor, and the next tutor’s first class opens on exactly what was due.

Where to start

Start with the free trial: a real 30-minute class with a vetted trial specialist, no card required, doubling as a level assessment. You then receive a written recommendation of the track and the exact starting point, which for Hifz means an honest answer about whether your child is ready to memorize or needs reading work first. The academy confirms your price with you personally after that class. The questions parents ask page covers the rest.

The certificates here are the academy’s own record of your child’s milestones. We do not issue an ijazah or a sanad.