Children

The morning sun woke up from her bed announcing the start of a new day. Umm Nidal was awake arranging the house and preparing breakfast for all her children Nidal, Aisha, and Jamal. The house was beautiful and quiet, its silence broken by the Holy Quran in the morning. Umm Nidal runs for an hour, as she approaches six thirty, she wakes her children with tenderness and softness so they can prepare themselves for school, and she begins to prepare herself to go out to work. ...

Three mothers met near the school entrance, arriving to accompany their children home after the end of the school day. On a side bench sat an old man, listening to the mothers’ conversation! The mothers boasted about their sons: One of them said: My son excels in basketball. He is active and strong. The second said: My son excels in singing, and his voice is wonderful. The third mother heard the words of the first and second mothers… and didn’t speak! ...

There was a white cat called Zaytuna, a black cat called Sudani, a brown cat called Ben Ben, and their friend had a dog with a large mustache called Shanbu. The white cat said to his friends what do you think if we go on a trip to the largest desert in the world? So Sudani said a sandy desert or a frozen desert? He replied to him and said the desert is an arid region where the percentage of rain is very low, which makes living conditions very difficult there for animals and trees. ...

I am Majed. I love our small house, our small house’s garden, and I love my mother very much. I love playing. I love my beautiful cat Bisseh. I love my friends, and I love my father very much. My father is a skilled engineer. He has pens, rulers, a lot of paper, and a large desk. When he holds the pen and starts drawing, I say to him: Father, come play with me! ...

Our little friend Samir, the owner of different thinking and constant pursuit behind true knowledge, was one day sitting with his companions. They were eating lunch and exchanging conversation in a public place near the school they went to. After they finished eating their meal, their hands were filled with sticky grease and fats as a result of eating some meat. They got up to wash their hands before returning to their homes, but they didn’t find soap in the bathroom, so they washed their hands with water only. Samir noticed that the fat didn’t completely leave his hands. ...

Betrayal is an extremely bad trait, a Muslim should not possess it, for our merciful religion has encouraged us to trustworthiness, and both God and His Messenger have commanded us with it, because it is one of the foundations upon which the nation is built. If you see a people lacking trustworthiness among themselves, know that they do not apply the teachings of Islam, and they will suffer their punishment for betrayal and treachery, for treachery destroys its owner. ...

There was a pirate called Abu Ein who was harsh, violent, and evil, who stole gold from ships and also ice cream from girls, and he treated his employees and workers with extreme severity, but the sailor Murtaq loved apples so he would eat them secretly behind the pirate Abu Ein’s back. One day the pirate saw him, so he ordered the men to throw him into the sea for the sharks. ...

The sun rose in the morning, and the birds began to chirp as they do every day, and the little chicks started picking up grains from the ground, running here and there. After the chicks were full and exhausted from running with their small colored wings, they all lay down under the warm sun’s rays, while the white chick stood, observing the animals in the barnyard, especially the cow. Every day, he looked at it and compared its size to his, and his body to the size of its head! He said to himself how very small I am. ...

On a beautiful sunny morning, Raneem woke up early and began getting ready for her first day of school. As her mother brushed her hair, she said, “You’ve grown up, Raneem… you are going to school now.” Raneem and School: Raneem asked, “Will you stay with me at school the whole time, Mama?” Mama replied, “I will stay with you for a little while, my love, and then I will come back to take you home.” In the kitchen, while eating her breakfast, Raneem said, “Mama, what if I help you with the housework today instead of going to school?” ...

We live in the successes throughout the years to reach our goals one after the other, and we face the obstacles and plants that may confuse our voice some of the time, but the most important of all is not to despair, without working with a sincerity in the cause of God, and not to increase from the effort until we reach the desired goal. This is what he has been doing for a long time to realize his goals. ...