A Short Story About the Arabic Language for Kids

The Arabic language is the vessel of our Arab culture; it preserves our history. That is why we, at your site (Belaraby Apps), wanted to plant in our little children an awareness of the importance of the Arabic language — for it is the vessel of the faith and its sciences — and to show them the beauty of our Arabic language through a short story about the Arabic language for kids and a collection of Arabic children’s stories. Arabic is the origin of the Arab — his past, present, and future. Here is what our language says about herself:
“I am the sea, and within its depths the pearls lie hidden — so did they ever ask the diver about my shells?”

A Short Story About the Arabic Language for Kids (Written)

The Arabic language is of great importance in our lives, for it is the language of God in His perfect Book; it is the language of the Dhad. Thousands of years have passed, and it still enjoys its eloquent pronunciation and its firm roots.

The Arabic language is a blessing, for through it we understand the speech of our Lord directly, without any intermediary. It is one of the greatest blessings upon us, and only those who have lost it know its true worth.
Our role — as educational platforms, parents, and teachers — is to strengthen the standing of the Arabic language in our children from an early age. This is our highest and most important mission: to provide what makes our children love and understand the language of the Dhad.
For this reason we have prepared all kinds of teaching aids — educational worksheets, cognitive exercises, motivational nasheeds about the Arabic language, educational illustrated stories about the beauty of the language, and other written stories that show its importance — because of the positive impact we have seen the story have on teaching children.

A Short Story About the Arabic Language for Kids (Written)

Adnan is a talented, clever boy, but his pronunciation stumbles over the letter Raa (ر), and this makes him a little sad. His friends, however, accept him and always encourage him to overcome the problem.
Today he is at school with his classmates — Mazen, Uday, and Amjad, who are from fellow Arab countries but whom exile and travel brought to Adnan’s land. They have been friends for a long time, and with them in the class is their friend Marwan.

In class, the Arabic teacher came in, and today’s lesson was the letter Raa. Adnan looked at the board, then at his friends, and then looked down at the floor.
Marwan was a little happy, because the letter shares its sound with the start of his name.
As for Mazen, Uday, and Amjad, they were a little uneasy, while the rest of the pupils in the class were thinking of words with the letter Raa.
The teacher looked at his pupils and began to explain how to pronounce the letter Raa, its words, and how it is written.
But he noticed that Adnan — the outstanding boy — was not taking part, and the teacher quickly connected the lesson with Adnan’s difficulty with the letter Raa.
He was surprised, though, by the state of Adnan’s classmates, so the teacher asked: “What’s the matter, my dears?”
They answered: “Let the letter Raa leave!”
The teacher was astonished and said: “How can it leave, when it is present in nouns and vowel marks, in verbs and in distinction?
Isn’t it the first letter of rabee’ (spring), the season of flowers and roses?
And in the middle of the word hurriyya (freedom), which every free person is proud of?”

A Short Story for Kids About the Arabic Language

“And the last word, masroor (joyful) — a state of happiness we all strive for.”
The children murmured and nodded their heads in agreement, but without real joy.
The teacher looked at Adnan and said: “You add beauty to the letter Raa when you stumble over it. This is not your fault, nor the fault of the letter Raa. This is a test from God, to see whether you will be patient and content, or despair.”
Adnan fell silent and said: “It’s true, my teacher, but I am ashamed to stumble in front of anyone, in case they make fun of me.”
The teacher was quiet, then said: “Whoever stumbles in reciting the Qur’an while standing before God Almighty is rewarded by God with two rewards. So would you be ashamed before people?!”
Adnan felt a little more confident, along with regret that he had been thinking about his shyness before people.
The teacher looked at the three boys and said: “Should it leave, or should the Raa stay so that you may be happy?”
The boys said: “Let it stay — but let it leave from just one word, for it comes in the middle and separates two letters that we all love.”
The teacher said: “And what is that word?”

A Short Story About the Arabic Language

The boys: “War! For we did not leave our countries (Palestine, Syria, Yemen) except because of war.”
“If the Raa left the word harb (war), it would become hubb (love), peace, and safety.”
The teacher: “My children, war is made by humans, not by the Raa.
If only people replaced their greed and evil with good, love, and peace, no war would ever break out.
We must spread love, peace, and mercy everywhere. Let us know that our Arabic language has united the Arabs everywhere — the whole Arab world is one country, one language, one religion.
Now… what do you think? Should the Raa leave, or stay among us in goodness, mercy (rahma), the tree (shajara), and the flower (zahra)?”
The class answered with one voice: “Let it stay among us, shining like a moon (qamar) and a prince (ameer)!”
And here Adnan, with his beautiful Raa, chanted: “Rejoice, Marwan! The Raa will change the world with mercy and goodness — we will draw the springtime of the whole world.”
Everyone laughed and sang for the Raa.

A Play About the Arabic Language

The school staff put on a play about the Arabic language, telling a beautiful and deeply moving story about it.
The girls received their roles, and here they are standing on stage. Reemas, one of the students, enters and gives the greeting:
Reemas: “Peace be upon you, and God’s mercy and blessings.”
The students: “And upon you peace, and God’s mercy and blessings.”
Reemas: “How are you, Noor?”
Noor: “I’m fine, praise be to God.”
Another girl, Shahd, enters and gives a greeting:
Shahd: “Hi girls.”
Noor: “Shahd!!! Why don’t you greet us with the greeting of Islam?”
Shahd: “Because I prefer English over all other languages.”
Reemas: “But Shahd, the Arabic language is the best of languages.”
Shahd: “And what proves that?”

A Story About the Importance of the Arabic Language for Kids

Here Fatima answered: “It is enough for us that it is the language of the great Qur’an.”
And Amna added: “For the Almighty has said: ‘Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an that you might understand.'”
Ghadeer: “And Umar (may God be pleased with him) said: ‘Learn Arabic, for it is part of your religion.'”
Hind: “And it is the only language that contains the letter Dhad.”
Shahd: “Does this mean I shouldn’t learn my favorite language?”
Reemas: “No, Shahd. We must learn other languages so that we can call non-Muslims to Islam in their own languages.”
Noor: “And the Prophet also instructed us to learn the languages of our adversaries.”
Shahd: “Truly, you are the best of friends! I understand now. Thank you, my friends.”

My Arabic Language

Noor: “Now, how about we get to know some Arabic terms?”
(A group of students enters carrying cards.)
Sama: “I am the device for communication, and you have called me ‘the telephone.’ I have an Arabic name — what is it?”
Noor answers: “Hatif.”
Jana: “I am the device for broadcasting news, and you have called me ‘the radio.’ I have an Arabic name — what is it?”
Reemas replies: “Midhya’.”
Rawan: “You write with me on the blackboard, and you have called me ‘tabasheer’ (chalk). I have an Arabic name — what is it?”
Fatima answers: “Hakak.”
Fadwa: “I love cleanliness, and with me you collect the rubbish, and you have called me ‘zibala.’ I have an Arabic name — what is it?”
Amna answers: “Sallat al-muhmalat (the wastebasket).”
Noor: “And you, my teacher, do not deprive us of our beloved language — speak to us in it, for from you we learn.”
“And now, my friends, how about we recite the nasheed, with the teacher joining in?” they say.

My Arabic Language Nasheed

The meaning of the nasheed, rendered in English:
Which of the world’s languages is sweeter? Which of the world’s languages is richer?
Which of the world’s languages is sweeter? Which of the world’s languages is richer?
The sweetest is my Arabic language; the sweetest is the language of the Qur’an.
The sweetest is my Arabic language; the sweetest is the language of the Qur’an.
My Classical Arabic is more beautiful to me than even the colors of the roses.
My Classical Arabic is more beautiful to me than even the colors of the roses.
Sweeter on the lips than honey — it is the sweetest and the most precious.
Sweeter on the lips than honey — it is the sweetest and the most precious.
It is the sweetest and the most precious.
It is the sweetest and the most precious.

A Story in Arabic for Kids With Pictures

In dictation class, the Arabic teacher announced today’s dictation topic: World Arabic Language Day. Adam got ready as usual, for he loves dictation and checks every phrase he writes carefully.
His teacher encourages him a great deal, because she sees in him a good seed for the Arabic language. The teacher began to dictate the words, the students wrote after her, and everyone finished.
The teacher took the notebooks and began to correct the dictation and discuss the mistakes with her students.
She reached Adam’s notebook and said: “Mashallah, Adam, well done, my dear son — correct handwriting, sound words, and even fully vowelized.
You opened (fatha) what I opened and closed (damma) what I closed when reading, and you added the tanween where I added it.
May God bless you and grant you abundant knowledge. Always be careful that your words are correct in both writing and pronunciation, for the Arabic language is life,
not merely a subject for study and exams.” The school day ended,
and Adam left with his classmates on the way home.
On the way, Adam noticed a sign in front of the public park that was written incorrectly. He was very upset and began discussing it with his classmates,
each of them talking about a mistake in Arabic writing they had read or seen.
Mus’ab said: “I saw a cartoon on TV with its title written wrong, along with some of the names of the presenters and the director.”
As for Sa’d, he said: “The sign at the entrance to the neighborhood was written ‘al-hayy al-sabi” incorrectly — it should be read with a soft alif (ى) and not a yaa (ي); the correct way is to write ‘al-hayy al-sabi’.'”

The Tale of the Arabic Language

Adam pondered his classmates’ words, very displeased. He reached his home and left his friends after greeting them.
He entered the house and greeted his parents, but the look of distress was still showing on his face.
The mother: “What’s wrong, Adam? Is there something not quite right about your school day?”

Adam: “Don’t worry, Mama… praise be to God, everything is going fine.”

Lunchtime came and everyone ate, but it was clear that Adam’s face was still preoccupied.
The father noticed, and tried in another way to understand the reason without asking directly.
He offered to take Adam along while he bought some household things; the son agreed and went out with his father,
but he did not forget to keep scrutinizing everything around him.
And the disaster was that no sign was free of a glaring spelling mistake. Here he raised his voice a little and said: “Oh my, who is there for this language?”

The father witnessed the situation and stepped in: “What’s happening, Adam?”
The son told him about the park sign and what his classmates had told him of the offenses against the language, and what he was seeing now.
The father said to him: “We must think of a solution. It’s true that the Arabic language is preserved because it is the language of the Qur’an, but
we must protect it and revive it, and we too must preserve it.
So what do you think, my son?”
Adam thought for a moment, then said: “I think I’ll write down all the wrong phrases, correct them, and announce them at school to all my classmates.”
Here the father said: “And what do you think of giving every place that has a wrong sign a clear correction in beautiful handwriting — and let’s start now?”
The son was overjoyed by his father’s reaction, that he did not take it lightly or put it off, but would take part with him too.
Adam: “But the park sign — what shall we do about it?”
The father answered: “Tomorrow I’ll draw it in beautiful naskh script, color it, ask the neighborhood head’s permission to put it up, and remove the mistake.”

Here Adam was delighted with his father and hugged him, and said: “Tomorrow I’ll tell my classmates, and we’ll agree never to leave a single Arabic word wrong or out of place, for this is the right of our Arabic language.”

Arabic Children’s Stories

The following is a short, fully vowelized story (with harakat) for practicing reading. Its meaning, rendered in English:
“Even though I am wearing shoes like yours, I still feel the heat of the beach sand,
for the sun’s rays are very hot and burning. Even though I always carry my beautiful, colorful umbrella,
sadly I did not have time to finish my ice cream, because it melted and nearly wet my clothes.
So the sun bothers me…
The moon is more beautiful than the sun, because it doesn’t bother me.”
The little girl returned home in a hurry and said:
“Mama, which is better, bigger, and more useful… the sun or the moon?”
The mother smiled and said to her daughter: “The sun is much bigger than the moon, but, my dear, each of them has its role and its importance,
although the sun has the advantage, because from it we draw both light and warmth.”
The little girl, Su’ad, was puzzled.

A Short Story in Classical Arabic With Vowel Marks

And my mother said: “Do you mean that the sun is a power station? Are there electrical wires between it and the moon?”
The mother said: “Of course not, my dear…
The sun is very far from the moon, Su’ad, but the moon is a reflecting surface, like a mirror.
It takes light from the sun all day long, and at night it reflects it to the earth to light it up, as you see.”
Su’ad said: “But the sun does not appear at night, Mama, while the moon comes in the dark.”
The mother said: “My dear… the sun is fixed; it is the earth that moves. When darkness comes to us, the earth has turned,
and the sun has moved to the other side of the world to light up the day for the other part. The moon, like the earth, moves and turns,
which is why you sometimes see it grow larger and smaller, and sometimes you see it disappear.”
Su’ad said: “Mama, I’ll tell you a secret…”

The Story of My Friend Whom I Love and Who Loves Me

“I love the sun more than the moon…
but the sun never loves me…”
The mother said, laughing:
“Who told you that, Su’ad?
The sun gives itself up for our sake; it spends its energy to light up the earth for us and to keep us warm.”
Su’ad said: “Mama, whenever I go out to play in the garden, I feel my skin burning. Everything burns in the summer, Mama…”

The mother said: “My dear, the sun is doing its duty. Without it, you would die of cold. It also carries out the commands of God, who
orders it to come out every day. Without the sun, Su’ad,
the earth would be a block of ice, and we would all die — not just humans, but all the animals, birds, and plants too.”

A Short Story in Classical Arabic for Kids

Su’ad said: “I want the sun to be my friend. I love it, but it hurts me — while the moon doesn’t hurt me.”
The mother said: “My dear, friendship does not mean that a person gives up their responsibilities; it means that each of us loves the other for who they are,
despite who they are. The sun does its duty to protect us, and we must thank it for that.”
Su’ad said: “Really?”
The mother said: “Of course, my dear. The sun loves you very much — that’s why it does what it does every day, for years.”
Su’ad said: “Yes…
You’re right, Mama…
I’ll go.” The mother said: “Where to, Su’ad?”
Su’ad said: “Outside, Mama, to play with my friend the sun…”
The mother said: “Don’t be late, so you don’t keep the sun from doing its work, my dear little one…”

Stories for Kids About the Arabic Language

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Illustrated Stories About the Arabic Language for Kids

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A Short Story About the Arabic Language for Kids