Short answer

Count a repetition only when the learner actively retrieves the verse, not when audio merely plays. In ALLIM, an ayah is collected after 300 accepted recitations: three visible milestones of 100, followed by connected page reading. Before 300, missed review can fade confidence; after the page is completed and connected, the achievement remains saved.

Four honest memory states

A white page can become a powerful metaphor if it reflects learning truthfully. Use four states: hidden, emerging, stable and collected. Visibility should be earned by correct recall, while fading indicates a need to return—not a moral failure.

Three 100-repetition stages

First 100

Build the verse with short repetitions and test without text. This is the first milestone, not completion.

Second 100

Mix recent verses, vary the starting cue and test transitions. Successful recall on a new day is stronger evidence than another immediate repetition.

Final 100

Recite inside a longer passage, from a random cue and after a delay. At 300 accepted recitations the ayah becomes collected.

Three hundred mechanically counted repetitions alone do not guarantee retention. The system separately records listening, reading with text, prompted recall and complete independent recitation.

What happens after a missed week

Before collection, confidence may fade and the ayah returns to a repair queue. After every ayah reaches 300 and the page is recited continuously, the page is sealed and remains saved. Later review protects fluency without erasing the achievement.

Design principle

The page represents current accessibility of memory, not spiritual worth and not a claim about what is permanently inside a person’s heart.

Metrics that help

  • accepted recitations out of 300;
  • days since last unprompted recall;
  • first-word and transition errors;
  • number and strength of hints;
  • recall success at increasing intervals.

DIRECT ANSWERS

Questions learners ask

Should every repetition count equally?

No. Listening, reading, prompted recall and complete independent recitation are different learning events.

Should a surah disappear after seven days?

Before completion its confidence can fade. A completed and connected page remains saved while review continues.

Is an ayah collected at 100 repetitions?

No. One hundred is a milestone; ALLIM marks it collected only at 300 accepted recitations.

Sources and further reading

Cepeda et al. (2006), distributed practice reviewKarpicke & Roediger (2008), repeated retrieval

How this guide was prepared

Prepared by the ALLIM product and learning team from the cited sources and the current product methodology. Any tajwid or qira’at curriculum must receive qualified teacher review before release.