You stated that it is crucial that we teach the Qur’an to our children, what advice can you give parents and even the educational establishments with

You stated that it is crucial that we teach the Qur’an to our children, what advice can you give parents and even the educational establishments with this aspect.

Praise be to ALLAH, there are a large number of mosques and Qur’anic schools available in Glasgow and other major cities. These are doing a great job in teaching the Qur’an and as a result young children are memorising great portions if not all of the Qur’an. It is crucial that a child is enrolled in such a place for this purpose. However, some parents say that they would rather teach their children at home, unfortunately this does not always work due to other commitments on the part of the parents and also to discipline as far as the children are concerned. Having said that, parents must take an active role in their children’s Qur’anic education, this can be achieved by constantly praising the children on their excellent achievements, and also in taking a positive and active role in it. Always ask them to recite what they have learnt, reward them and encourage them constantly, a child’s proudest moment is the moment when his or her parents are praising them for their good achievements. It is also helpful to have audio tapes playing Qur’anic tapes in the background when your children are at home, especially the parts that they have already memorised, this will engrave it more in their memory. Additionally children like to compete, so encourage your children to compete in their Qur’anic knowledge and memorisation, in the past two years there were two such competitions held on a large scale in the Central Mosque in Glasgow. Every young competitor received a prize and all the competitors received a certificate to commemorate the occasion. This is a golden opportunity for parents to actively participate in such occasions by making it a special day for the whole family. Make sure you praise your children on their accomplishments, by hanging their certificates in a well viewed place in your house and inform your visitors in the presence of your child about their achievement and how proud you are of them. Finally, if you live in an area where it is not possible to enroll your child in the mosque due to various difficulties, then you must teach your children at home, (it is important to make regular times of it) preferably daily, say one hour each day, start with the small surahs of the last Juzu (30^th part in Qur’an) and progress onward to the bigger ones, INSHA’ALLAH it will be made easy for you.