1. Understand Qur’an – the Easy Way For Primary School Children (Book-1) Lesson-4: Surah Al-Ikhlaas In the name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful

2. Practice 3 rd Verse 3 times; Go to 4 th … ************************ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ************************ قُلْهُوَ الله ُأَحَدٌ ( 1 ) ÁulHu-wAllahu'A…ad Say,“ He (is) Allah,[who is] One. اَلله ُ الصَّمَدُ ( 2 ) لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ( 3 ) 'Allahu‹-ŠamadLamyalidwalamyoolad Allah, the Self-Sufficient. He did neither begetand noris He begotten, وَ لَمْ يَكُن لَّه ، كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ( 4 ) Walamyakul-la-Hookufu waº'a…ad And (there) is notunto Him comparableanyone.

3. No one Equal to Him –There is no one comparable to Him. –Everything, living or non-living is a created by Allah. –Therefore we cannot even imagine or compare Him to anything.

4. No one shares His power. –In fact, it is a sin to compare Allah to anything or anyone. –Making images, idols or pictures of Allah is forbidden. –Worshipping those pictures is Shirk, such a huge sin, that it will take us out of Islam, and Allah will be very angry with us and will never forgive us.

5. Practice last Verse 3 times; وَ لَمْ يَكُن لَّه ، كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ( 4 ) Walamyakul-la-Hookufu waº'a…ad And (there) is not unto Him comparableanyone.

6. Recite it with Love –If our brother or father or uncle is a big cricketer or a president or big man, we love to talk about him and tell everyone else. –Allah is my Creator and He is the Best, #1, in all respects. I should therefore love to talk about Him; love to remember him again and again. I should therefore love to recite Surah Al-Ikhlaas. –If I love to talk about Allah, I should love to obey Him too.

7. Love this Surah! A Story –There was an Imam who recited this Surah in every Salah. Prophet Muhammad pbuh was informed about this. The Prophet therefore, questioned the imam about it, the imam replied that he loved this Surah very much. Prophet pbuh said that the love of this Surah would take him to Jannah. –See the importance of this Surah! Recite it not because it is small, but because it is very important. If we love this Surah, Allah will also love us and will give us Paradise.

8. Whenever we recite this (or any other Surah) In daily Salah or any other time, make sure to recite it: To make Allah happy – He is watching; To make Allah happy – He is watching; With understanding (what we recite); and With understanding (what we recite); and With feelings With feelings

9. Spoken Arabic Say the following: (1) during times of trouble (2) by way of saying good-bye, while saying Salaam. إِلاَّ بِاللهِوَلاَ قُوَّةَ 1: لاَ حَوْلَ illa billaahilwalaa Âuw-wataLaa…awla except with Allah.and no powerThere is no strength أَمَانِ اللهِ 2: فِي 'amaanillah i fee protection of Allah.(May you be) in the

10. Grammar Let us learn 6 sentences.

11. هِيَ She هُنَّ They أنْتِ You أنْتُنَّ You all أنَاI نَحْنُWe هُوَHeهُمْThey أنْتَyou أنْتُمْ you all أنَاI نَحْنُwe

12. Fem. gender Use your left hand to show these forms. (You have used right hand for showing He, They, …) Use your left hand to show these forms. (You have used right hand for showing He, They, …) هِيَ مُسْلِمَة She is a Muslim. هُنَّ مُسْلِمَات They are Muslims. أنْتِ مُسْلِمَة You are a Muslim. أنْتُنَّ مُسْلِمَات You all are Muslims. أنَا مُسْلِمَة I am a Muslim. نَحْنُ مُسْلِمَات We are Muslims.

13. Don’t forget to do the HWs –Listen to a tape –Paste the poster in your room and learn the meanings from it at different times in the day –Fill up the worksheets in your book سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ نَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ