Helping children love the Qur’an, grow confident in Arabic, and take pride in their Islamic identity.
Many Muslim parents want their children to learn Qur’an. They arrange recitation classes, memorisation plans, and weekend Islamic programs. But one important question is often delayed until much later:
What happens when a child can recite the Qur’an, but Arabic still feels distant?
This live online event explores why Arabic and Qur’an should not be treated as two separate worlds. When children learn the language of the Qur’an from an early age, even gradually, they begin to approach recitation with more confidence, meaning, and emotional connection. Arabic becomes less intimidating. The Qur’an becomes less distant. Islamic identity becomes something they can understand, not only inherit.
Join Sufuuf al-Khayr for a thoughtful conversation with teachers and educators who have spent years working with Qur’an, Arabic, Hifz, and Muslim children growing up in Western environments.
Date: Saturday, 13 June 2026
Time: 10:00 AM New York · 3:00 PM London · 5:00 PM Amman
Format: Live online event
Host: Sufuuf al-Khayr (RowsOfGoodness.com)
Registration: Free
Why this conversation matters
Children absorb language, identity, and religious confidence earlier than we often realise. If Arabic is postponed until the teenage years or adulthood, many students begin to experience it as difficult, foreign, or disconnected from daily religious life.
But when Arabic is introduced gently alongside Qur’an from a young age, children can begin to recognise words, meanings, patterns, and sounds as part of one living whole. They do not simply memorise words they cannot access. They slowly develop a relationship with the language of revelation.
This event will help parents think more clearly about how to support their children’s Qur’an journey in a way that includes recitation, memorisation, understanding, and long-term confidence in Arabic.
What we will explore
We will discuss why Arabic should be introduced early, before children begin to see it as too difficult or distant. We will look at how learning Arabic alongside Qur’an can strengthen love for the Book of Allah, support better recitation and memorisation, and help children feel more at home in their Islamic identity.
The discussion will also reflect on the realities of raising children in the West: busy school schedules, limited time, language gaps at home, and the challenge of making Islamic learning feel joyful rather than burdensome.
Parents will leave with a clearer sense of what is possible, what to prioritise, and how to take a steady next step for their child.
Who should attend?
This event is for mothers, fathers, and educators who want children to grow with a living connection to the Qur’an and the Arabic language.
It will be especially relevant for parents whose children are already learning Qur’an but have not yet begun Arabic, families raising children in English-speaking or Western environments, homeschool parents, weekend school teachers, and anyone wondering how to make Qur’an learning more meaningful for young hearts.
Speakers
Shaykh Dr. Hatim Yousef
Shaykh Dr. Hatim Yousef is an educator, imam, translator, and scholar of Arabic and Islamic studies. His path of sacred learning took him through the UAE and Jordan, where he studied sacred law, Qur’anic sciences, and tajwīd with traditional scholars. During this period, he memorised the Qur’an and received multiple ijāzāt, enabling him to teach tajwīd and ḥifẓ with care and precision.
Since arriving in the United States in 2008, Dr. Hatim has served as an imam and instructor at the ADAMS Center in Sterling, Virginia, teaching Arabic grammar, hadith, sīrah, tafsīr, and tajwīd. He has also taught Islamic Studies and Islamic life coaching online through platforms including Qibla and Kiflayn.
With a degree in English and translation, an MA in English and literature, and a PhD in Linguistics, Dr. Hatim brings a rare combination of traditional Islamic training, deep language expertise, and experience teaching non-Arabic-speaking students.
Ustadh Abdullah Ahmad
Ustadh Abdullah Ahmad is the Founder of the Ascend Institute, a Qur’an coaching program for working professionals that helps students build a habitual relationship with the Qur’an through memorisation and understanding.
He is a graduate of Zaytuna College and is currently completing his master’s degree at Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul, Türkiye. He completed his ḥifẓ in his early teens and later received two ijāzāt in the qirā’ah of ʿĀṣim during his time in Saudi Arabia.
Through his studies and travels across the Muslim world, Ustadh Abdullah has observed different approaches to ḥifẓ and Qur’an learning. Over the past five years, he has been developing a sustainable and practical approach to Qur’an memorisation for Muslims living in the West.
Hosted by Sufuuf al-Khayr
Sufuuf al-Khayr (RowsOfGoodness.com) is an online Qur’an and Arabic institute for children.
We help families give their children a structured, gentle, and meaningful path in Qur’an recitation, memorisation, and Classical Arabic. Our approach is built on a simple conviction: children benefit deeply when Arabic and Qur’an are taught hand in hand.
Through short recorded lessons, focused live sessions, parent guidance, and age-appropriate materials, Sufuuf helps children build confidence in the language of the Qur’an while developing love, adab, and consistency in their learning.