100 Quranic Words

Flashcards containing the 100 most frequently used Arabic verbs in the Quran, with visual images for each to aid memorisation. Produced by Islamic Experiences

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Mi'raj: The Most Amazing Night Journey

A special journey the Holy Prophet (S) took to the heavens on the 27th Rajab when he was 50 years old, 10 years after receiving the first revelation.

Wall display to illustrate the journey by Towards Jannah

Free Printable Craft By Lunar learners

Resources: http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/meraj.asp

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Ma'bath: The Beginning of Prophethood

On the 27th of Rajab when the Holy Prophet (S) was 40 years old, he received the first revelations of the Quran (96:1-5). The first word was Iqra, Read! It was brought to him by Angel Jibrael in the cave of Hira. This night is known as Mab'ath or the night when he was given the responsibility of Prophethood. The whole Quran was revealed to the Holy Prophet (S) on Laylatul Qadr in the month of Ramadhan and then gradually over a period of 23 years to the people.

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Taqwa

Lesson Objectives:

- To understand the need to protect the soul

- To know what the soul needs protection from

- To understand what dressing in taqwa means

- To understand the importance of having taqwa

Quran Verse:

Wa libaasut taqwa dhalika khayr

The clothing of taqwa is the best 7:26

Key Learning Point:

When we wear the clothing of taqwa, we put on a protective suit that makes us aware of Allah at all times. It gives you strength to make the right choice and fight away the bad whispers that try to make you do what is wrong, and harm the soul. Taqwa is the most important piece of clothing we must wear everyday! It protects the soul and keeps it clean and beautiful.

Activities:

Soul Protection

Temptations

Protect your heart

Save the goal, protect your soul! 

Wearing Taqwa

Power of Taqwa

Download Complete Lesson Plan: Taqwa: Protecting Your Soul

Watch: Power of Taqwa Visual Experiment

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Save the goal, protect your soul!

Set up a goal and demonstrate how when the goal is not guarded, it it easy to score and get the ball into the net! When we don’t wear the clothing of taqwa, our soul is not protected and bad whispers can easily harm it.

Explain how the goal represents your soul and the ball represents the bad whispers. Do we want to listen to the bad whispers and do what is wrong? Do we want to let them in and harm our soul? We must have strong taqwa to save the goal and protect our soul!

Have the children take turns to wear the ‘taqwa armour’ and be the goalkeeper. Have the others name an action that would harm the soul, before trying to score. E.g. Dishonesty, not sharing, rude, disobedience, Bad friends, mean words.

If the goalkeeper saves the ball, cheer and praise him for having strong taqwa and protecting his soul.

If the ball gets into the net, use the opportunity to talk about how the goalkeeper needs to strengthen his taqwa by increasing his remembrance of Allah and let him have another turn.

Without taqwa, we can not protect our soul. Taqwa is the most important piece of clothing we must wear everyday! We can make our taqwa stronger, by increasing increasing our remembrance of Allah.

Download Complete Lesson Plan: Taqwa: Protecting Your Soul

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Wearing Taqwa

Lesson Objectives:

- To understand what dressing in taqwa means

- To understand the importance of having taqwa

Quran Verse:

Wa libaasut taqwa dhalika khayr

The clothing of taqwa is the best 7:26

When we have taqwa and remember Allah all the time, we are careful what words we say, what we listen to, what we look at and the things we do. Everything has an affect on our soul. We must be careful to protect it from harm.

SEE: TV/Posters on billboards unsuitable images. 

Put a blindfold on – look down/change channel

HEAR: Bad words/talking mean about someone else/gossip

Earplugs/headphone – not listen/walk away

SAY: think before speak is it true/helpful/kind?

Sellotape – not say 

When we 'wear taqwa', we are aware of Allah all the time and protect our soul by not looking at, listening to or saying what is wrong'.

Download Complete Lesson Plan: Taqwa: Protecting Your Soul

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Protect your heart

Tape a paper heart to the back of each child.

Have the children on the shout of go try to collect as many of the other players hearts as possible, while trying to protect their own! They can not pull, push or even touch the other children, only grab their paper hearts. Most children in their excitement will focus on capturing others hearts and probably lose their own!

When the game is over, announce that the winners are not those who have collected the most hearts but rather those who protected their heart and still have it. 

When you have taqwa, you are focused only on protecting your soul. You don’t let anyone distract you or do anything that will harm your soul and take you away from Allah.

Download Complete Lesson Plan: Taqwa: Protecting Your Soul

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Soul Temptations

Surah Naas Lesson

Lesson Objectives:

- To understand the need to protect the soul

- To know what the soul needs protection from


Role play a scenario with a friend tempting another to do something wrong.

Use bribes of increasing value e.g. pack of sweets/money/a present

Will you have taqwa, be mindful of Allah and the strength to resist?!

Allah has given us a brain so that we can control and choose what we do. No one can make you do anything. They might ‘whisper’ and give you ideas to do something wrong, but when you have taqwa, you remember Allah and have the power to fight the whispers away and not listen to them. You don’t listen to the bad whispers that are trying to harm your soul and take you away from Allah. Instead, you make the right choice to protect your soul. 

Download Complete Lesson Plan: Taqwa: Protecting Your Soul

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Soul Protection

Lesson Objectives:

- To understand the need to protect the soul

- To know what the soul needs protection from

Activity: 
Scatter some small stones on the floor and have the children walk over them barefoot. Point to the bottom of your foot and identify how your sole hurts and needs to be protected from dirt, stones, sharp objects by wearing shoes. Just like our SOLES need protecting, so do our SOULS!

Having taqwa is a way of protecting our soul from the harmful things that take us away from Allah and His remembrance.

Download Complete Lesson Plan: Taqwa: Protecting Your Soul

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Fruit In The Qur'an

Learning Objectives:
- To learn the Quranic vocabulary for 5 fruits which are mentioned in the Qur’an
- To know these special fruits are extra nutritious and beneficial for us to have.

Quran Verse:

Eat of the good things 2:172

kuloo min tayyibati

Quranic Vocabulary:
Teen/rumman/’enab/rotub/zaytoon

Talk about each fruit, letting the children explore how they feel, taste, and look like inside. 

Basic facts

Olives: use for massage and eat ‘blessed tree’
Figs: no seeds! Seed becomes edible fruit
Grapes: dried becomes raisins
Dates: sweet, quick source of energy

Pomegranate: one of Prophet's favorites. Friday breakfast

You may even try a blindfold taste test. Explain, how it is important to respect food as a blessing from Allah, even if you aren't keen on the taste. It can take upto ten tries before your tastebuds can decide whether they actually like it or not!

As you offer the fruit plate, have the children ask for what they'd like using the Arabic vocabulary.

Song: To the tune of twinkle little star

'Enab 'Enab juicy grape

Rutab Rutab a brown date

Teen teen a fig I see

Zaytoon olive on a tree

Sweet red rumman

These are fruits in the Qur'an

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Mealtime Manners

Learning Objective:
- To know and practice the basic guidelines for correct table manners as taught by the Ahlulbayt.
- To understand the importance of remembering Allah when we start and end our meals.

Lesson Introduction:
The manners with which we eat our food is important. The Ahlulbayt have taught us what we should and shouldn't do.
It is important to remember Allah is Ar Razzaq, the Provider. We must always start in His name and end by giving thanks to Him.

Activity: 
Role play the steps, practising scenarios like the food being too hot or what to do if mummy cooked something you didn't like!

Taken from Issue 9 Muslim Mums Magazine.
You can download a copy online: http://madressa.net/index.php/muslim-mums

Dua before eating: 

'Allahumar zukna rizkan halalan tayyiban.' O Allah, give us food that is halal and good.

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Eat of the good things

Learning Objectives:
- To learn the Quranic vocabulary for 5 fruits which are mentioned in the Qur’an
- To know these special fruits are extra nutritious and beneficial for us to have.

- To understand how eating healthy food and looking after our body,  is a way of being grateful to Allah.

- To encourage incorporating more 'tayyib' food into daily diet

Quran Verse:

Eat of the good things 2:172

kuloo min tayyibati

Quranic Vocabulary:
Teen/rumman/’enab/rotub/zaytoon

Lesson Introduction:

Allah is Ar Razzaq. He is the Provider of everything. He created the plants, made them grow, filled them with nutrition and taste so that we could enjoy them while helping our bodies grow too. The food we eat, becomes part of our body. The healthier the food we eat, the stronger our muscles and bones will become.

The Qur’an is a book of complete instructions. Allah tells us about fruits which are extra beneficial for us to eat, to help us look after our body. He explains to us how it is important to eat food which is halal and 'tayyib', good.

Food like crisps and chocolates might taste good and you may enjoy eating them, but are they good for you? We must look after the bodies that Allah has blessed us with, by making sure we eat a balanced diet with enough fruits and vegetables.

A way of thanking Allah is to use the blessings He has given us in the right way. Our health is a blessing. We must look after our body so that it stays healthy and we can use it for Allah. We can do this by being careful what kind of food we eat.

Activities: 

Fruit in the Qur'an
Date Balls

Mealtime Manners

Dua before eating:

'Allahumar zukna rizkan halalan tayyiban.' O Allah, give us food that is halal and good.

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