Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following in a letter to a certain person:
I was very happy to hear that you had completed the hifz of the Quraan Majeed. May Allah Ta‘ala make this be a means of goodness for you, may He preserve the Quraan Majeed in your heart, and allow you to benefit tremendously from the barakah of the Quraan Majeed.
Reciting the Quraan Majeed in salaah is very effective in preserving the Quraan Majeed. Whatever portion of the Quraan Majeed one has to recite daily, one should try to recite it in his Tahajjud Salaah, in the salaah after maghrib (i.e. sunnats and awwaabeen), and at other times when he is able to.
If while reciting the Quraan Majeed in salaah (i.e. during the night), one is able to find someone to join him in the salaah and listen to his recitation (and to correct his mistakes), then this will be even better.
May Allah Ta‘ala make your love for the Quraan Majeed a means of your progressing in Deen, however do not rush to learn the translation and tafseer of the Quraan Majeed at this time. Rather, at this time, the more important thing for you is to focus on strengthening your Quraan Majeed.
(Qutbul Aqtaab Hazrat Sheikhul Hadith Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya [rahmatullahi ‘alaih] pg. 463)
Source: Ihyaauddeen.co.za