Al Sufian


iconSufa 23 - The Children (Al-Atfaal)

1O you who believe! Let it be said: Al-Barriy;
2The Innocent, the Blameless, the Inculpable;
3And the twenty-first name of Allah, the Infinite, the Unique, the All Knowing.
4In the innocence yet authenticity of the question of a child;
5In the wonderment of life and learning;
6In the purity and blamelessness of a child;
7Thus Allah is innocent and inculpable of willing and deliberate evil.
8Verily, one who would harm even a hair upon the head of a little one,
9Is guilty of a terrible transgression against Allah.
10Verily and most solemnly, one who would deliberately molest or severely injure a child,
11Is unfit to be known as Muslim.
12Take those who kill children and cast them into a deep pit;
13Erase their names and let no one remember them;
14For those that kill children are worse than animals and disgrace the Way of Islam.
15Give thanks then for your children;
16As Allah gives thanks for all living creatures.
17When planning for children,
18A father should honor Allah and praise his wife with their first child;
19Gives thanks and honor to one’s tribe upon the birth of any second child;
20And thereafter seek further children as may benefit the community.