ANSWER: This is not only permissible but it’s a very good gift providing your friend is Muslim. However, you must choose the authentic translation and Tafseer.  The best translation available is of Sahih International.  In english you can refer to tafseer Ass’idi, and if not possible, then tafseer Ibn Katheer.

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ANSWER: This does not impact your recitation unless you are in the state of Major Sexual Impurity. It is best to be in the state of purity or change your clothes. 

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ANSWER: You must dedicate at least an hour a day to revise in juz’a so that you master your memorization of it. You should select the best time for you to memorise the quran, which has the least distraction. This can be after Fajr or if you do it with a teacher in the masjid, it can be […]

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ANSWER: There is no such thing as reciting for the deceased! It is not permissible to give the deceased the reward of reciting as it’s an innovation. 

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ANSWER: Pondering is done when you know the meaning of what you’re reciting and reading its tafseer.  If you don’t know Arabic, you should read the translation (Sahih international is very good in sha Allah) In english you can refer to tafseer Ass’idi, and if not possible, then tafseer Ibn Katheer.

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ANSWER: If the Qur’an has text of translation more than the actual Arabic ayahs of the Quran, it’s permissible, otherwise it’s not.

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