The Surahs to Seek Refuge

Almost every Muslim child memorizes these two surahs before he can read. They are short, they come at the very end of the Qur'an, and they are among the first things taught.

Very few are told what they mean, or why the Prophet ﷺ recited them every night before sleeping and after every prayer.

What It Explains

Both surahs, verse by verse, at a level a child follows — what seeking refuge actually is, what is being sought refuge from in each, and why these two are paired.

The practical result is worth stating: a child who understands them recites them differently. He stops saying two short surahs by rote and starts asking Allah for something specific, which is what they were given for.

The Activity Section

Three pages, including a Color & Enjoy page and Find the Missing Words — the second doubling as memorization practice.

Others in the Series

Each book in the Children's Gift & Lessons Series takes one subject, illustrates it in full color, and closes with an activity section. Also available:

• The Gift of Ramadan
• The Night of Decree
• The Gift of Eid
• The Gift of Jumu'ah
• The Gift of My Mother
• Angel Jibra'eel Returns Again
• Abu Lahab and his Wife Arwah
• Those Who Backbite & Slander

The boxed set brings eight of them together.