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**iodillalm** · 01-10-2012, 12:11 AM

I don't think that's sad when you were a child. It would be sad if an adult had that problem. If a child has the ability to learn the meaning of the Qur'an along with memorizing it, then tabarakallahu ahsanul khaliqeen. And if he doesn't, then I don't see a problem with that so long as he makes effort to learn it gradually. Otherwise it's misplaced expectations imho. I think a child memorizing words verbatim in a foreign language is ingenious in itself, and if the meanings are also learned from a young age, then that makes one a super genius in my book. You've misunderstood me, brother. A lot of the Quran would probably be beyond the understanding of a child. But when I was talking about myself as a child, I meant all the way up to age 20

What I mean is, not go through the English meaning of every verse, but I think even young children can still be taught about the basic contents.

So if someone asked say, my 9 year old nephew, he could say: it teaches about Islamic history, and Islamic laws, and about the previous Prophets peace be upon them, etc etc. But the fact remains, he can't. So I read through the English meaning of Surah Fil with him, and now he knows what that verse is about. I actually did the same thing with my 6 year old nephew. I don't think they are geniuses now

Why shouldn't a child know that? The stories of the prophets (peace be on them) can be related to children, as can parts of the seerah, etc.

01-10-2012, 12:11 AM	#4
iodillalm Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 566 Senior Member	I don't think that's sad when you were a child. It would be sad if an adult had that problem. If a child has the ability to learn the meaning of the Qur'an along with memorizing it, then tabarakallahu ahsanul khaliqeen. And if he doesn't, then I don't see a problem with that so long as he makes effort to learn it gradually. Otherwise it's misplaced expectations imho. I think a child memorizing words verbatim in a foreign language is ingenious in itself, and if the meanings are also learned from a young age, then that makes one a super genius in my book. You've misunderstood me, brother. A lot of the Quran would probably be beyond the understanding of a child. But when I was talking about myself as a child, I meant all the way up to age 20 What I mean is, not go through the English meaning of every verse, but I think even young children can still be taught about the basic contents. So if someone asked say, my 9 year old nephew, he could say: it teaches about Islamic history, and Islamic laws, and about the previous Prophets peace be upon them, etc etc. But the fact remains, he can't. So I read through the English meaning of Surah Fil with him, and now he knows what that verse is about. I actually did the same thing with my 6 year old nephew. I don't think they are geniuses now Why shouldn't a child know that? The stories of the prophets (peace be on them) can be related to children, as can parts of the seerah, etc.
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