How to Finish the Quran in Ramadan: A Realistic Plan

Ramadan and the Quran belong together. It is the month in which the Quran was revealed:

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۗ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُمُ ٱلْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ ٱلْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ   ﴿١٨٥﴾

Ramadān is a month in which the Qur’an was sent down^[82] as a guidance for mankind and as clear signs that show the right way and distinguish between right and wrong. So whoever of you witnesses this month, should fast. But if anyone is ill or on a journey, he should make up for those days. Allah wants ease for you and does not want hardship for you, so that you may complete the prescribed number of days, and proclaim the greatness of Allah for having guided you, and so that you may be grateful.

Translator’s notes

[82] This either means that the Qur’an was sent down from the Preserved Tablet to the Lowest Heaven on the Night of Decree during the month of Ramadan, or that it was the start of the revelation to Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).

And it was the month in which the Prophet ﷺ went over the Quran with Jibril:

It is no surprise that so many of us hope to complete a full reading, a khatm, during the month. This guide is a practical plan to do it, written for real Ramadans with work, school, family and tiredness in them.

The numbers

The Madinah mushaf has 604 pages in 30 juz. Spread over the month, that is:

• About 20 pages a day for 30 days, which is roughly one juz a day.
• 21 pages a day if you plan for 29 days. Because an Islamic month can have 29 or 30 days, planning for 29 means you finish on time either way.
• About 40 minutes a day at a steady pace of two minutes a page.

Ramadan 1448 is expected to begin around 8 February 2027, depending on the moon sighting where you live. If you start on the first day and keep this pace, you will finish by the 29th.

Split it around the prayers

Forty minutes in one sitting is hard to find in a fasting day. Split it instead:

When	Pages	About how long
After Fajr (or before, after suhoor)	5	10 minutes
After Dhuhr	4	8 minutes
After Asr	4	8 minutes
After Maghrib (or after iftar)	4	8 minutes
After Isha or Taraweeh	4	8 minutes
Total	21	about 42 minutes

If your days are irregular, two longer sittings work too: ten pages early in the morning and eleven at night. What matters is that each sitting has a fixed place, so it happens without needing a new decision every day.

A juz-a-day schedule

If you prefer to read by juz, here is the whole month. Each juz begins where the previous one ended; four of them begin part-way down a page.

Plan for the days you can’t read

Every Ramadan has days that don’t go to plan: travel, illness, a sick child, a long night at work, or other reasons you already know about. Plan for them now:

• Keep spare days. If you expect three days without reading, plan the khatm over 26 days instead of 29. That is 24 pages a day instead of 21, a small difference that protects the whole plan.
• Front-load the first ten days. Energy is usually highest at the start of the month. Reading a few extra pages each day early on gives you a buffer for later.
• Use waiting time. A page or two in a queue, on a train or before iftar adds up quickly when the app is ready on your phone.

The planner’s “During Ramadan” option builds this plan from the expected first day of Ramadan, with spare days kept free at the end and dates for every day.

If you fall behind

Falling behind is common, and it is not a reason to stop. Make a new plan from where you are: count the pages left, divide by the days left, and continue. Halfway through Ramadan with 400 pages to go and 14 days left, you need 29 pages a day for the rest of the month, a stretch, but split over five prayers it is still about six pages each time.

And if a full khatm isn’t possible this year, remember that the aim is not the number. Every page you read is a page read. A half khatm read with attention, or a daily habit that carries on after Eid, is a real achievement.

Taraweeh and listening

Many mosques recite a juz a night in Taraweeh, completing the Quran over the month. Following along in your own mushaf, or reading the next night’s portion beforehand, is a wonderful way to connect your personal reading with the prayer. Some people count listening in Taraweeh as part of their Ramadan connection with the Quran and keep their own reading lighter; choose what suits your month.

After Ramadan

The Quran was reviewed with the Prophet ﷺ every year, not only once:

The best way to honour your Ramadan reading is to keep some of it. Before Eid, choose a smaller daily goal for Shawwal, even a page or two, and decide which prayer it will follow. Our guide to staying consistent when motivation fades has ideas for the weeks after Ramadan.

In short

Plan for 29 days at about 21 pages a day, split around the prayers, with a few spare days for the ones that go wrong. If you fall behind, recalculate instead of giving up, and carry a small daily reading into the months after Ramadan.