Surah Yasin is the 36th surah of the Quran. It has 83 ayahs (verses), so it is easier to learn in parts. This guide splits it into five parts by topic. You get three daily plans with the sums shown, a review cycle, tips for similar ayahs and ways to keep it.
We checked every ayah number, page and line on Quran.com's data on 11 October 2026. Still, ask a teacher to hear you, because English letters only hint at Arabic sounds. This guide gives no rulings.
How Do You Memorize Surah Yasin?
Surah Yasin has 83 ayahs. On the common 15-line page it takes about 84 lines, or 5 and a half pages. To memorize it, learn five parts, take 3 to 10 new lines a day, and review old lines before you add new ones. At 5 lines a day, the new work takes about 17 days.
The steps are short. Pick a daily number of lines. Learn the new lines first, then review the old ones. Finish one part before you start the next. The rest of this guide shows each step.
Surah Yasin at a Glance
These facts come from Quran.com's data. The page numbers are for the common copy of 604 pages with 15 lines to a page:
- Ayahs: 83.
- Pages: 440 to 445. The surah starts on line 6 of page 440 and ends on line 14 of page 445.
- Size: 84 lines of text, which is 5.6 pages of 15 lines.
- Juz (one of the 30 parts of the Quran): ayahs 1 to 27 are in juz 22. Ayahs 28 to 83 are in juz 23.
- Rukus (reading sections) on Quran.com: 5.
A line here means one line of printed text. The 15-line page is one common layout, and not every copy uses it. If your copy has a different layout, count the lines of Yasin in it and use the same sums below.
The Five Parts of Surah Yasin
Learn Yasin one part at a time. These five parts follow the five rukus on Quran.com, and each one has its own topic. Before you learn a part, tell yourself what it is about. Meaning makes the words easier to hold:
| Part | Ayahs | What it is about |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 to 12 (12 ayahs) | The Quran, the Messenger and a warning |
| 2 | 13 to 32 (20 ayahs) | The people of the city and their messengers |
| 3 | 33 to 50 (18 ayahs) | Signs in nature, and people who turn away |
| 4 | 51 to 67 (17 ayahs) | The Day of Judgment, Paradise and the Fire |
| 5 | 68 to 83 (16 ayahs) | Allah's power to create and to give life again |
Part 2 is the longest, with 20 ayahs, so plan a few more days for it.
Pick a Daily Plan: 3, 5 or 10 Lines
Choose a plan that you can keep on your worst day, not your best day. Here are three plans for the 84 lines of Yasin. The days count only the days when you learn new lines:
| New lines a day | Days of new work | About how many weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Gentle: 3 lines | 28 days | 6 weeks |
| Steady: 5 lines | 17 days | 3 weeks |
| Quick: 10 lines | 9 days | 2 weeks |
Here are the sums. Days are the 84 lines divided by the lines a day, rounded up to a whole day. 84 divided by 3 is 28. 84 divided by 5 is 16.8, so 17. 84 divided by 10 is 8.4, so 9. Weeks are the days divided by 5. This plan teaches new lines on 5 days a week and keeps the other days for review. 28 divided by 5 is 5.6, 17 divided by 5 is 3.4 and 9 divided by 5 is 1.8. We rounded to the nearest week.
These sums are a guide, not a promise. A full page a day (15 lines) would take 6 days of new work. That is 84 divided by 15, which is 5.6. Add a week of review at the end before you call the surah done.
Stop each day at the end of an ayah, not at the end of a line. So some days you will learn 4 lines and some days 6.
How to Learn Each Day's Lines
Use the same five steps every day:
- Step 1: Read the new lines out loud from the page, slowly. Follow the Tajweed rules (how each sound is said).
- Step 2: Say each ayah again and again while you look at the page, until it flows.
- Step 3: Close the page and say the lines from memory. Then open it and check every word.
- Step 4: Join the new lines to the lines before them, and say the whole part in one go.
- Step 5: Say the new lines once more later in the day. You can say them in your prayer too.
Use one mushaf (printed copy of the Quran) for the whole surah. Your eyes remember where each ayah sits on the page. Ask a teacher to check your Tajweed early, because a slip that gets into your memory is hard to remove.
Sabaq, Sabqi and Manzil for Yasin
Teachers of Hifz (learning the Quran by heart) split each day into three jobs. You can read about each job in our sabaq, sabqi and manzil guide. For Yasin they look like this:
- Sabaq (new): today's 3 to 10 lines. Learn them first, while your mind is fresh.
- Sabqi (recent): the lines from the past week or two. Say them from memory every day until they are firm.
- Manzil (old): the parts you finished earlier. When part 1 is firm, it moves here. By the end, you say all five parts.
Do not add new lines while the recent lines are weak. Spend that day on review instead. It feels slow, but you never have to learn the same lines twice. In the last week, say the whole surah once a day, from the first ayah to the last.
Tips for Similar Ayahs in Yasin
Teachers call similar ayahs mutashabihat. Some ayahs of Yasin sound like ayahs in other places, and mix-ups happen at those spots. We checked these examples on Quran.com:
- Same endings: 70 of Yasin's 83 ayahs end with the letter noon, either -oon (55 ayahs) or -een (15 ayahs). The rhyme helps your ear, but it cannot tell you where you are. So learn the middle words well, and count the ayahs in each part.
- Yasin 36:20 and Al-Qasas 28:20: both tell of a man who came running from the far end of the city. Yasin says min aqsa al-madinati rajulun (مِنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ), with the place first. Al-Qasas says rajulun min aqsa al-madinati (رَجُلٌ مِّنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ), with the man first. The next words tell them apart: ya qawmi (O my people) in Yasin, and ya Musa in Al-Qasas.
- Yasin 36:77 and An-Nahl 16:4: both end with fa-idha huwa khasimun mubin (فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ), which means then at once he is an open opponent. The start differs. Yasin asks a question: a-wa lam yara al-insanu anna khalaqnahu min nutfatin (أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ). An-Nahl states it: khalaqa al-insana min nutfatin (خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ).
- Yasin 36:82 and An-Nahl 16:40: both end with lahu kun fa-yakun (لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ). Before that, Yasin says amruhu (أَمْرُهُۥٓ), His command, and yaqula (يَقُولَ), He says. An-Nahl says qawluna (قَوْلُنَا), Our word, and naqula (نَّقُولَ), We say. Think: Yasin says He, An-Nahl says We.
Write the tricky spots in a notebook with the surah and the ayah number. Ask your teacher to quiz you on them each week.
How to Keep Yasin After You Finish
Finishing the last ayah is where the keeping starts. Memory fades without use, so try these habits:
- For the first weeks, say the whole surah once a day, from start to end.
- After that, pick set days for a full recitation, and say one part on the other days.
- Recite it each week to a teacher, a parent or a friend who follows along in the mushaf. They catch slips that you miss.
- Say it in your prayers, so that you meet it often with no extra time.
- Keep a short list of the spots that slip, and fix those first.
Our guide on how to memorize Quran without forgetting has nine habits that fit here.
What About the Rewards of Yasin?
You may read many claims online about the reward for reading or learning Yasin. Scholars grade the narrations about Yasin in different ways, so we do not repeat any of them here. If you want to know which ones are sound, ask a trusted teacher or scholar. This guide is only about how to learn the surah.
Learn Surah Yasin With a Teacher
A teacher hears slips that you cannot hear yourself. In our online Hifz course, you learn live and 1-on-1. Your teacher listens to your new lines, fixes your Tajweed and checks your review. Classes are 30 minutes at the start. Choose a male or a female teacher, and parents may join any class. We run classes 24/7, in your own time zone. Our Hifz course page lists a few weeks as a typical time for one surah.
UK families can also see our Hifz classes online in the UK. Want to try first? Join a free 30-minute trial class and tell the teacher your goal. No card is needed.