the Quran besides it, he must recite an amount equal to seven verses, for the remembrance most appropriate after the Opening Chapter is a like portion from the Quran. If, however, a man is unable to learn anything of the Quran—because of an innate incapacity, poor memory, foreign tongue, or some other impediment—then the best remembrance after the Quran is what the Prophet taught: tasbih (saying “subhan Allah”), tahmid (“al-hamdu li-Llah”), tahlil (“la ilaha illa Allah”), and takbir (“Allahu akbar”). End of citation.