Luminosity

asalaam alaikum warahmat Allah wabarakatu:

i began writing this to my personal not virtual muslimah sisters, cuz it’s kind of, well..personal. but then i thought perhaps it will be counted as a “kilma tayyiba” (kind word of encouragement or advice) for other muslimah mom’s raising their kids as pious mumineen insha’Allah). may Allah reward you all..and please don’t forget the pray for the children of this donia whether they are muslim or not to grow up loving Allah more than they love their parents..for surely if they do they will negate the negative qualities of us parents..

http://www.themodernreligion.com/misc/edu/agetolearnquran.html

nice article for all of us mama’s wanting our kids to memorize quran. for me, it’s important for my younger kids just to get the meaning of it..in hopes that when they get older it will make sense to focus on memorization. i hope that we all continue to make quran a part of our lives, not just something we say in our salah..

i have been muslim all my life alhamdulilah, and now at 31,  am really just starting to learn how to actually read for the quran. growing up the emphasis at home and the “sunday school” was just to memorize words i didn’t understand the meanings for. i knew it was a good thing, but didn’t really understand i guess..why, you know? well maybe i did, sort of..but not enough to keep me motivated to do it on my own as a kid without “having to”.

kids have to know why they are memorizing this foreign arabic language that arabic speaking parents in the west don’t even speak (the Fuss’ ha) without really understanding. and if they are able to translate it, what does it mean in their own language “american english”? is the translation using text way above them in terms of grade level or what exactly?

we often tell our kids that the quran is the most special book ever!! but what does that mean to young kids if it doesn’t have pictures when they open it? and what does that mean if they aren’t being told of wonderful stories from it in which they can imagine the colors they wore, texture the food, what “bad people” look like..?

there are great story books out there for kids, but how do we make the quran come to life in their hearts if we don’t utilize the important sensory activites to play it out or real life situations they have experienced to pull from?

kids just have to be kids..they can’t be forced. because to be forced to memorize something without meaning is meaningless. and to be told something is different than being taught something..i find myself telling more at times than teaching, and such as math should be fun, reading not so demaning, well the quran should be too. because we want to develop a love for the quran..not just to tell them the rules of it and that’s it.

another thing, the quran with Allah’s wisdom was revealed in 23 years, most of your kids and my kids aren’t even 10 yet..so if we have more sabr and show them how much we love the quran then, especially when they are young..then inshaAllah it will be a better dowah to them. afterall, doesn’t every little girl and boy want to grow up like their parents? and perhaps that is the scariest thing for me..

so although this is a reminder to all of you..it’s much more a reflection on whats going on with me and a reminder to myself to just chill and believe that with Allah’s Guideance they will be ok inshaAllah. and at the end of the night, when i feel i wasn’t that ideal muslimah infront of them..i just turn to Him and tell Him that there is no way i can raise these kids without Him, impossible..even here in Madinah Munawarra. let’s never forget to teach them how to reflect upon Allah’s Signs…

may Allah grant children hedaya keeping them upon their fitra until they are old enough to combat the fitnah of this donia without you, their mom..with Allah alone they will be insha’Allah.

and Allah Knows Best. 

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