As-salamu alaykum brothers and sisters,
I am a (very) new revert to Islam. I am also a Westerner, thoroughly raised in Western culture & a liturgical christian church. As a result, this is all quite new to me although very natural feeling when I pray or read the Quran.
I have already become much better at offering my five daily prayers, but I am wondering if there is anything else that I ought to be working on learning + practicing right now. I have ordered a set of tasbih because I used to say the rosary every night as a Christian and I want to continue to have that sort of "ritual" because it's familiar to me and quiets my soul when I am stressed or nervous, so I am going to learn to say zikr (in Arabic of course).
Any suggestions on ways to deepen my faith would be a huge help, especially with ways to memorize portions of the Quran (I have only committed Surah Ikhlas to memory thusfar for saying my prayers).