How to complete the Quran in Ramadan: a realistic plan

Ramadan is the month the Quran was revealed, and many of us hope to read all of it before Eid. It’s a goal worth having. It’s also one that slips away quietly if there’s no plan: a busy first week, a few late nights, and suddenly it’s day 12 and you’re still in Al-Baqarah.

This guide gives you the numbers, a few ways to split them, and what to do when life gets in the way.

“The month of Ramaḍān [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’ān, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion.” — Al-Baqarah 2:185 (Sahih International)

The numbers

The Quran has 6,236 verses, 114 surahs and 30 juz. The standard Madani mushaf most people read from has 604 pages.

Ramadan lasts 29 or 30 days, depending on the moon. In 2027, Ramadan is expected to begin around 7–8 February and end with Eid ul-Fitr around 9 March, but the exact dates depend on moon sighting where you live.

Here’s what completing the Quran in the month looks like each day:

If you’d rather plan for 29 days and finish a day early, you lose nothing: the last day becomes a day of reflection, or of starting again.

Pages, verses or juz: which to count?

All three get you to the same place. They just feel different along the way.

• Juz a day is the classic Ramadan plan, and easy to remember. Many mosques follow a similar rhythm in taraweeh.
• Pages a day keeps each day roughly the same size, because a page of the mushaf holds a similar amount of text whatever the surah.
• Verses a day is the most precise, but verses vary a lot in length. The first juz has 148 verses; the last has 564. So a verse-based plan feels heavier in the long surahs at the start and lighter in the short surahs at the end.

If you’re reading from a printed mushaf, count pages or juz. If you’re reading on your phone, a verse goal works well, because the app can count for you.

A plan you can keep: split it across the day

Twenty pages in one sitting is a lot after a long fast. Splitting it across the day makes it lighter and gives each prayer a little Quran beside it.

Four pages after each prayer. Twenty pages a day divided by five prayers is four pages each time, or about 42 verses. Read after Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha, and you’ve done your juz before you sleep.

Other splits that work:

• Morning and night: 10 pages after Fajr (or at suhoor), 10 pages after Isha or taraweeh.
• Before iftar: the quiet hour before Maghrib is precious. Read the bulk of your juz then, and catch the rest after Fajr.
• Follow your own week: some days you’ll have more time than others. Read ahead on lighter days so the heavy days don’t break the plan.

Whatever you choose, tie your reading to something that already happens every day (a prayer, suhoor, iftar). A habit anchored to a fixed moment is far easier to keep than one that waits for free time.

Start before Ramadan

You don’t have to wait for the first night. Starting a few weeks early with a smaller daily amount is one of the kindest things you can do for your Ramadan self.

For example, if you start in Sha’ban, around 9 January 2027, and read 10 verses a day until Ramadan begins, you’ll have read about 290 verses before the month starts, and, more importantly, you’ll already have the habit.

You can also do it the other way round: start reading your Ramadan plan a few days early, so you have a cushion for the days when you’re ill, travelling or just exhausted.

When you fall behind

You will probably miss a day, or have a day where you read less. That’s normal, and it’s not the end of the plan.

1. Don’t try to catch up in one night. Doubling up for a single night tends to end the whole plan.
2. Spread it over the days left. If you miss three days of a 30-day plan, the remaining 27 days need about 231 verses a day instead of 208. If you’ve read 10 days’ worth by day 10, you’re exactly on track.
3. Lower the target, not the habit. If the full Quran is out of reach this year, set a new goal you can still reach, perhaps half the Quran, and keep reading every day. Reading every day is the real win.

The Quran completion planner works this out for you. Put in how far you’ve read and when you want to finish, and it gives you the daily amount.

Protect your reading from your phone

Most of us don’t miss our reading because we don’t care. We miss it because we picked up the phone first, and the evening went with it.

A few things help:

• Read first, scroll after. Make your Quran reading the first thing you open after the prayer, not the last.
• Put the phone in another room during your main reading block, unless you’re reading on it.
• Use Screen Time. iPhone’s built-in Screen Time can limit social apps during set hours. Our guide to setting up iPhone Screen Time for Ramadan walks through it.

This is exactly why Qurb exists. You set a daily goal, say 208 verses for Ramadan, and Qurb keeps the apps you choose locked until you’ve read it. When today’s verses are done, your apps open straight away. Qurb also tracks every verse you read, so you can see on Home how far through the Quran you are and the day you’re on track to finish.

The reader itself (Arabic, translations, transliteration, audio and offline reading) is free. App locking is part of Qurb Premium, works on iPhone, and the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial.

After Ramadan

If you complete the Quran this Ramadan, alhamdulillah. That is a real achievement, and worth marking.

If you don’t, you’ve still read more of the Quran than you would have without a plan. Either way, the best thing you can carry out of the month is the habit. Even a few verses a day after Eid keep you connected to the Quran until next Ramadan. We’ve written more on keeping up the Quran after Ramadan and on how many pages a day completes the Quran at a gentler pace.