Impressive manner of learning and reading out a lesson

A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه never took a lesson more than one-fourth from his teacher, but he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was so intelligent and fond of studying that after studying a quarter of the book from his teacher, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would study the rest of the book himself and would read it out after memorizing it.

(Hayat-e-A’la Hadrat, vol. 1, pp. 70)

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Talking about his yearning for Islamic knowledge and strength of memory, A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has himself stated: When my teacher, by whom I would learn from the beginning of the book, would teach me a lesson, I would close the book after seeing it once or twice. When he asked me to tell him the lesson, I would tell him word for word. Having observed this situation every day he would be amazed. One day he asked me, ‘Ahmad Miyan! Are you a human or a jinn? I take some time to teach, but you do not take time to memorize it!’ A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَـلَيْه replied, ‘All praise be to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, I   am a human, however, I have been blessed with the favour and grace of  Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.’ (Hayat-e-A’la Hadrat, vol. 1, pp. 68)

Dear Islamic brothers! Did you listen! A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَـلَيْه had such a great yearning for acquiring Islamic knowledge that he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَـلَيْه would see his lesson once or twice and would be able to learn his lesson after his teacher had taught him the lesson. His teacher would be surprised to see his passion for knowledge and strength of memory as to how this child learnt his lesson by heart in a very short period of time. On the other hand, our memory is such that we do not remember very easy and little things after reading and listening to them again and again. For example, if we succeed in memorizing something, we immediately forget it. If we want to strengthen our memory, then, first of all, we have to get rid of those things which weaken the memory such as to see one’s own or someone’s Satr without any Shar’i permission, to avoid eating fat, sour and phlegm-producing things and especially to avoid committing sins day and night as these and our sinful lives are major reasons for a weak memory.