How to track Hifz progress: Sabaq, Sabqi, and Manzil

The MarkTrack Team · Jul 6, 2026 · 5 min read

Hifz is a daily practice. Every student has a new lesson to memorize, a recent review, and an older review, all in the same sitting. Most schools track this in a paper notebook that the parent never sees. This guide shows a simpler way to keep the record, using the three categories every Hifz teacher already knows.

Sabaq, Sabqi, and Manzil

Hifz tracking comes down to three parts of the daily lesson:

Sabaq is the new lesson the student is memorizing now.
Sabqi is the recent review, usually the past week of new memorization.
Manzil is the older review, the portions memorized long ago that need to stay strong.

In MarkTrack, each student has these three columns for the day. You open the class, pick the date, and record the surah and ayahs, the mistakes and hesitations, and whether it passed.

Hifz tracker with Sabaq, Sabqi, and Manzil columns for each student, showing the plain definition of each category — The three daily categories, one row per student.

Add your own categories

Sabaq, Sabqi, and Manzil come ready to use, but every program is a little different. You can add your own categories and give each one a color, so the tracker matches how your school actually teaches. Some schools add a tajwid drill or a dua of the week. It is up to you.

Manage Categories panel with Sabaq, Sabqi, and Manzil defaults and a field to add a new custom Hifz category with a color — Keep the defaults, or add categories that fit your program.

Tracking haydh for female students

Female students have days when they do not recite. You can add a private category to a single student, for one day or ongoing, so those days are recorded and she is not counted as missing her Sabaq. The category shows only on her record, not to the rest of the class, so it stays discreet. Name it whatever your school prefers.

Dialog to add a private Hifz category for a single student, with a one-day or everyday option, used to mark haydh days discreetly — A private category for one student, for a day or ongoing.

Parents follow along and acknowledge

Each day's entry can be acknowledged by a parent in the app, so you know they saw it. The parent engagement view flags families who have gone quiet, with the days they missed and when they last checked in. You can reach out before a student drifts, instead of finding out at the end of term.

Parent engagement report listing students whose parents have not acknowledged recent Hifz entries, with a day threshold — See at a glance which families need a nudge.

That is the whole idea. Log Sabaq, Sabqi, and Manzil in seconds, shape the categories around your program, handle the quiet exceptions with care, and keep parents in the loop. It works for a small maktab, a full-time Hifz program, or an Alim course.

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How to track Hifz progress: Sabaq, Sabqi, and Manzil

Sabaq, Sabqi, and Manzil

Add your own categories

Tracking haydh for female students

Parents follow along and acknowledge

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