Saturday, October 30, 2010

Read With Meaning

This year three of my close friends depart for Hajj, inshAllah. I hope Allah accepts their Hajj and grants them (and all the Hajjis) a safe return home and a Hajj Mabroor (a pilgrimage free from vice). Two years ago, another close friend had also performed the pilgrimage. I plan to go on the pilgrimage in 2012 inshAllah, and I invite you all to join me if you can.



I would also like to announce the launch of a new blog.

Teaching Kids the Holy Quran

Why kids? Well, it will be self-evident when you visit the site!

What I have noticed is a lot of kids (and even adults) read the Quran without understanding a single word of the text. Allah Himself has agreed to protect the Quran - so the Book does not need the efforts of people like me, but I hope the interesting visual representation of the translated words will help in raising the interest of some kids (and even adults who may not normally have the inclination) to read (and understand) the Quran. In other words - I hope they read with meaning.

That blog will be updated about twice a month - so I encourage you to subscribe to the RSS feed. I am also playing around with the size of the images - so the first set is probably too large but the next posts should have smaller sized images.

15 comments:

Achelois said...

Excellent idea and endeavor! I wish you the best of luck!

mezba said...

Thanks Suroor!

'liya said...

Love it! I love the Lego images and how that will appeal to kids, great idea!

Lat said...

That's wonderful! In fact I and my kids can benefit much from this.Looking forward to read this blog!

May Allah bless your friends a fulfiling and happy hajj!

Anonymous said...

May their hajj be maqbool inshallah. And I pray to Allah that the rest of us are able to make the trip in our lifetime. sf

mezba said...

@Liya, thanks, hope you keep visiting, and when will YOU resume blogging? :-)

@Lat, thank you, and hope they enjoy the site.

@Sf, thanks!

azlin said...

thanks mezba! my son and (InshaAllah) future hubby will love this. Heck, they can read this together!

mezba said...

You are welcome Azlin. Do make sure to subscribe to the RSS (I keep telling everyone that! :-D) ...

mezba said...

You are welcome Azlin. Do make sure to subscribe to the RSS (I keep telling everyone that! :-D) ...

Nadia said...

May Allah accept the hajj of your friends and grant them a safe return home.

I love your new blog. Such a wonderful idea! All the very best.

mezba said...

Thanks Nadia! :-)

TManiac said...

mezba! great job on the new blog! I've added taht blog to my Google Reader. oh and btw, 2 of my close friends from UofT have also gone for Hajj too (Mashallah).

Inshialah we hope to teach out kids the Quran in more creative ways possible.

Taha

PS: I've yet to update my blog :S

mezba said...

Thanks Taha!

Loginbd said...

The lego image is so funny....Anyway it's true people try to read Quran without knowing it's meaning....But i had great enthusiasm in my heart to know the meaning of each line of Quaran...For that reason when i grown bought a Quaran which having Bangla meaning, which help me to understand but i have noticed many people consider to know it's meaning as a waste of time. They need just SOWAB by reading Quran which will they get without knowing the meaning.

mezba said...

@loginbd, very true!