A student came to class having read Surah Yusuf for the first time on her own. She was fifteen. She had recited the surah many times in salah. But she had never read it in translation, slowly, from be … read more

A child's mother came to me after an Islamic studies event. Her son was ten. He was a good child. Attentive in class. Respectful to his teachers. He prayed. He fasted part of Ramadan. He was learning … read more

My son said Alhamdulillah forty-seven times one afternoon. I counted. Not because I was monitoring him. Because I was curious. He said it when his sandwich fell on the floor. He said it when I told hi … read more

My daughter screamed when we left the park. She was four. The afternoon had been perfect. She had been on the swings for forty minutes. She had found a stick she was certain was magical. She had made … read more

My daughter asked me something at breakfast that I was not ready for. She had been studying the Seerah in her Islamic studies class. She came home and sat across from me with a look I recognized &mdas … read more