Surah Kaafiroon

Hi, guys today I wanted to share with you the activities we did while studying the tafseer of Surah Kaafiroon. We always start off by reading from the Mini Tafseer books. The theme of this surah is not compromising your faith. We talked about how Islam differs from other religions. I did this study with my 4 and 7-year-old. We focused on

1. Places of worship

2. Clothing 

3. Celebrations

4. Not insulting anyone else's beliefs

As Muslims, we worship at a masjid. We learned the du'a for entering the masjid and the etiquette of visiting the masjid.  Our call of prayer is also different. Christians use the bell but we Muslims call the prayer and the one calling for prayer is called a Muezzin. We read the story of Bilal (ra). 

These are the books we read. We talked about how we dress as Muslims. Modest clothing, covering our 'awrah. The women wear hijab. 

We played this fun Masjid game

My son created a journaling page. I wrote down some prompts for him and he filled in the answers. For example, 

I am... 

I believe in... 

My Prophet is...

My religion is...

Surah Quraysh

Hi guys, I wanted to share with you some of the activities we did while studying Surah Quraysh. We read from Ad Duha Institue Mini Tafseer book. Using some objects we had around the house we talked about each verse. This surah talks about the blessings that Allah gave to Quraysh. 

1. He saved them from Abraha and his army.

2. He made them custodians of the Kaaba, making them respected among the other tribes. 

3. He united them as one nation

4. He protected them during their travels to Yemen and Syria. 

5. They did not suffer from hunger or thirst. They had an endless supply of Zam Zam water. 

6. The Prophet (saw) was from their tribe

Allah tells them to worship Him and Him alone at the end of the Surah. But they took all their blessings for granted and became an enemy of Islam. 

My son drew a map of Arabia and we talked about some of the dangers they could have faced during their trade expeditions. 

What lessons can we learn from this surah?

1. Remember all that we have is a blessing from Allah

2. To obey and be thankful for all that He has given us. 

We also learned the name of Allah Al Mu'izz (The One Who Gives Honor), and the du'a for leaving the house. 

Timeline Activity "Al-Khaliq"

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you an activity we did while studying Surah Ikhlas. Surah Ikhlas is all about Allah so the boys and I learned the name Al-Khaliq. We worked on a timeline project.

I printed pictures of the boys showing different ages and wrote down the date on the back of each picture. We drew a timeline on the table and the boys order their pictures. 

We read Perfecting the Pillars series from Ad Duha Institute. It has stories for the 99 names of Allah

The boys colored the name Al-Khaliq and then pasted their pictures into their timeline. 

This is such a simple and fun activity to reinforce the name of Allah (Al-Khaliq). The children love seeing all the changes and how much they grew up. They love hearing stories about their birth. 

Surah Nas Craft "Lord, King, God"

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you another craft idea for Surah Nas. After reading the tafseer of this Surah, we discussed that Allah is the only one who can protect us because is the Lord of Mankind, The King of Mankind, and The God of Mankind. 

The boys assembled their shield and using foam letters wrote down the Lord, King, and God. 

This was a super simple and fun activity for the boys. It helped them solidify the concept. 

Surah Nas Activity "Whispers of Shaytaan"

ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you an activity we did while studying the tafseer of Surah Nas. I did this activity with my 4 and 7-year-old. 

In Surah Nas Allah is teaching us how to protect ourselves from the whispers of Shaytaan and his helpers. Our heart is the most important organ in our body. We must protect it from the infection of Shaytaan. The boys colored their hearts a nice healthy red free from diseases. You can grab the heart coloring page from here. 

We read these two books. We talked about some of the ways we can protect ourselves from his whispers. 

Then we traced the boy's body on a large piece of butcher paper. 

The boys placed their hearts inside their bodies and decorated their person. Then we added all the ways we can protect our hearts and placed them inside the body and around the heart.

We also watched this wonderful video together. 

You can grab the free printable "whispers of shaytan" 

by clicking on the image above. 

Suratul Falaq

Allah created you. Allah loves you. Allah has power over everything. Allah gave us Surah al Falaq to give every one of us a way to ask Allah to protect us from scary things. When you recite Surah al Falaq, you ask Allah to protect you from things that can hurt or scare you.

In Suratul Falaq Allah mentions four things we must seek his protection from. The boys painted a night sky and decorated it with stars. After everything was dry they add the four things we seek protection from in Surah Falaq. 

We learned all about what causes day and night. We used a Styrofoam ball, a dowel, and a flashlight. I explained to my 4-year-old that the Earth spins. I allowed him to play with the Earth and spin it around. We marked where we live with a pin. This is us on Earth. The flashlight is for the sun. We need the sun to keep us warm and give us light. As the Earth spins one side always faces the sun. The side facing the sun is daytime. The side facing away from the sun its nighttime. After the demonstration, we did a day and night sort and practiced the du'a before/after sleep. 

Vocabulary practice

Letter N is for Night 

We baked Starry Night cookies at the end of our study. 

You can grab this activity packet and enjoy teaching your child about Suratul-Falaq. 

Click on the image above. 

Surah Kahf- The Man With The Two Gardens

  During any unit study I love connecting our Islamic Studies with each unit we study. For our Botany unit we read the Story of the Two Gardens from Surah Kahf. 

We started by watching this video

We also read this book

Then the kids made a garden collage. We painted a white cardstock paper with blue and purples. We let the paper dry. Then the kids tore construction paper and made date palm trees with fruit and dates. The kids added a lightning bolt on the top and some grass on the bottom. 

مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ

Surah Kahf Vs. 39

We concentrated on verse 39 and discussed the attitude of the two men. One was grateful and the other one attributed all his wealth to himself and forgot to thank Allah for his blessings. We talked about some of the blessings we are thankful. Lastly we learned what to say when we have something we are proud of. 

Quranic Vocabulary Resources

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you some of our favorite resources for teaching Quranic Vocabulary in our homeschool. 

1. Mini Tafseer Series 

Each book has 5 to 10 words from the Surah

2. Arabic Sight Words

3. 80% Quranic Words

These are the three resources we used often for myself and my boys. I hope it will be of benefit to you in your Quran journey. None of the links are affiliate links. They are there for your convenience. 

Surah Mutaffifin

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you some activities we did during our tafseer study of Surah Mutaffifin. 

We started out by listening to the tafseer. 

We also read from the mini tafseer series by Ad-Duha Institute 

After the boys understood the tafseer of the surah we worked on some vocabulary words.

Vocabulary words are from the mini tafseer book. 

Since this surah focuses on those who cheat others and how much Allah dislikes this act we learned the name of Allah Al-'Adl.  Asmaa' Ul-Husnaa Set. 

We added the name to our 99 names of Allah tree. 

My older boys (13, 11) worked on word to word translation and Tajweed. 

The Ultimate Tajweed Workbook

Juzz Journals

We also tied in some history by learning about Prophet Shu'aib. We used The Prophet's of Allah Unit Study. 

The Prophet's of Allah unit contains some geography. We learned all about gulfs. The boys made the Gulf of Mexico from salt dough and learn some facts. 

Finally to conclude our study each child picked a verse or something that stayed with them and made it from Lego. Here my son chose the verses that talk about the rewards for those who enter Jannah. 

 

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

On adorned couches, observing. (Vs. 23)

We talked about the affects of sin on the heart and discussed vs. 14. He made a heart from Lego. He added black pieces to show the dots that go on our hearts as a result of our sins. 

One of my son's focused on the the first four verses and made a scale from Lego since the surah talks about those who cheat or give less when purchasing or selling. 

Lastly we used these gorgeous Surah strips to review with daily. Please follow Anjum on Instagram for more details and sign up for her mailing list to get notification for when these strips are released. She also has an etsy shop. 

My older boys and I had a challenge going during our time studying this surah. We would recite Surah Mutaffifin in at least one of our salah so we can reflect on its meaning. At the end of the week we treated ourselves to some sweets. Reciting and reflecting upon the meaning is an important part of our worship. It helps with khushoo during salah and increases in Eeman. 

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