If you wish that you should not forget whatever you read, then recite this du’aa before commencing to read
Al-laa-hum-maf-tah a-laiy-ya fu-too-hal aa-ri-fee-na
bi-hik-ma-ti-ka wan-shur a-laiy-ya rah-ma-ta-ka
wa zak-kir-nee maa na-see-tu yaa zal-ja-laa-li
wal ik-raam
