Category: Raising Children

  • Quran: The Beginning

    Quran: The Beginning

    These were the very first verses of the Quran to be revealed on a night in Ramadhan over 1400 years ago to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ “Recite in the name of your Lord who created. Created man from a clinging substance. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous” [Chapter 96: Al-‘Alaq (The Clot)…

  • Quran: Giving Charity

    Quran: Giving Charity

    “And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,” [Chapter 76: Al-Insān (Mankind) verse 8]

  • Quran: So be patient

    Quran: So be patient

    “So be patient with gracious patience.” [Chapter 70: Al-Ma’ārij (The Ways of Ascent) verse 5]

  • Quran: Putting your trust in Allah

    Quran: Putting your trust in Allah

    “And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. And whosoever puts his trust in Allâh, then He will suffice him. Verily, Allâh will accomplish his purpose. Indeed Allâh has set a measure for all things.” [Chapter 65: At-Talāq (The Divorce) verse 3]

  • Quran: He is Allah

    Quran: He is Allah

    “He is Allâh, the Creator, the Inventor of all things, the Bestower of forms. To Him belong the Best Names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorify Him. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.” [Chapter 59: Al-Hashr (The Gathering) verse 24]

  • Quran: Despair & Pride

    Quran: Despair & Pride

    مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَآ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ لِّكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا۟ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ “No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register before…

  • Quran: Reconciliation

    Quran: Reconciliation

    “The believers are nothing else than brothers (in Islâmic religion). So make reconciliation between your brothers, and fear Allâh, that you may receive mercy.” [Chapter 49: Al-Hujarāt (The Dwellings) verse 10]

  • Quran: Kindness towards your Parents

    Quran: Kindness towards your Parents

    “And We have enjoined on man to be dutiful and kind to his parents. His mother bears him with hardship. And she brings him forth with hardship, and the bearing of him, and the weaning of him is thirty months, till when he attains full strength and reaches forty years, he says: “My Lord! Grant…

  • Quran: Purpose of Creation

    Quran: Purpose of Creation

    “And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, for mere play.” [Chapter 44: Ad-Dukhān (The Smoke) verse 38]

  • Quran: Our Lord

    Quran: Our Lord

    “That is Allāh, your Lord, Creator of all things; there is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?” [Chapter 40: Al-Ghāfir (The Forgiver) verse 62]

  • Quran: Affection & Mercy

    Quran: Affection & Mercy

    “And among His Signs is that He created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find repose in them, and He has put between you affection and mercy. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who reflect.” [Ar-Rūm (The Romans) verse 21]

  • Quran: A king’s Dua

    Quran: A king’s Dua

    “So he [Sulaimân (Solomon)] smiled, amused at her speech and said: “My Lord! Grant me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your Favours which You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds that will please You, and admit me by Your Mercy among…