hafiz
Scripture-memorizing Muslim
A hafiz is a person who has memorized the entire Quran, a feat of devotion highly honored in Islamic tradition.
The title indicates not just memorization but the ability to recite all 114 chapters from memory with proper pronunciation.
Her grandfather was a hafiz who led prayers during Ramadan.
The feminine form is hafiza. (Capitalized Hafiz may be a proper name.)
Islam's central scripture
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- memorizerOne who retains perfectly
- versesLines of poetry
- surahsQuranic divisions
retention · oral · tradition · Islamic · scholarship · madrasah · completion · ceremony
Quran
Islam's central scripture
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- memorizerOne who retains perfectly
- versesLines of poetry
surahs · retention · oral · tradition · Islamic · scholarship · madrasah · completion · ceremony · teacher
title
Formal honorific or name
keeper · religious · scholar · imam · mosque · community · reverence · achievement · recognition · ceremony
Persian
Of or from Iran
wine · beloved · verse · couplet · literature · Iran · classical · spirituality · love · metaphor
- Islamic TermsAllah, Quran, Islam, Muhammad, surah
- Islamic FiguresProphet Muhammad, Umar, Ali, Khadijah, Fatimah
- mosque-goersimam, muezzin, prayer leader, regular, volunteer
- QuranQuran, Koran, surah, surahs, sura
- Islamic educationmadrasa, Quran recitation, Islamic schools, religious guidance, religious studies
- Islamic rolesimam, muezzin, mufti, qadi, sheikh