Bismillah
As salaamu alaikum,
May 1, 2010 was my deadline for the challenge. No I didn't win and complete the sura, but I made it to aya 43 (yaay!!!) and that was a challenge indeed. How did you do? Did you get at least 1 aya? If you did alhamdulillah. If you didn't alhamdulillah.
But I tell ya... Even though I completely bummed out, I didn't make it halfway to my goal :( , I surely am excited. Even though I can still, just audibly, hear the creeping whispers of shaitan trying to discourage me from moving forward, I am mightily excited indeed. I'm sure you're wondering why I am so excited even though I didn't complete the sura. So I'll tell you.
The reason I am memorizing Qur'an is not only to finish it and be able to know that I memorized the book of Allah, but it is so that I can be purified, completed, and perfected by the book of Allah. Any progress I make towards that goal is mightily exciting indeed.
The only thing I am disappointed about is that I failed to keep you posted as I progressed through the signs of Allah. I got stuck on aya 7, and just couldn't seem to get passed that blockage. But with the help of Allah, anything is possible. So Bismillah (in the name of God) on with the show!
