Preview: ‘Time to Pray’

Assalaamu’alaikum Warahmat’ullah

The ever imminent completion of books 3 and 4 is close at hand insha’Allah. Just some last minute preparation now, till they are sent off to the printers. Allhamdulilaah.

Neilsen have the details for both books now, they’re all ISBN’ed up and good-to-go, so expect them to turn up on Amazon and other sites in the next few weeks

The one more likely to be available first, ‘Allah lets us have fun’, was previewed here. Below is the preview of the other book, which will be a ‘board book’ insha’Allah, ‘Time to Pray’. Another rhyming pre-school book, but different to all the others.

Here’s the blurb from the back cover:

Time to wake up. Time for Fajr. Make your Wudhu and go to the
Masjid.  A rhyming story to teach children the benefit of prayer.
It’s important to show this vital part in the life of every Muslim,
in an accessible way. We can’t overestimate the value of prayer.

Here are some sample pages (click to enlarge):

Preview of Time to Pray

Preview of Time to Pray

As you can see, the style is very different from the other books, and it’s our first book with ‘no faces’, which is a big issue for some people. Something I’ve been looking into a great deal.

All this has delayed the launch of our online shop, so apologies for that. The Seerah Store will see the light of day soon insha’Allah.

Wassalaamu’alaikum Warahmat’ullahposted by Faruq

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2 Responses to “Preview: ‘Time to Pray’

  1. As-salaamu ‘alaikum

    Hope everything is going well, inshaAllah. Any updates on when the books will be available please? I read the first two books (Jolly Jamat & Time for Isha) to my 3 month old - and although she doesn’t understand yet, she loves it! She loves the rhythm of the voice/words and colourful pictures. InshaAllah she will be growing up with these wonderful books.

    w/s
    Mohammed

  2. Omar Faruq says:

    The first book, Allah lets us have fun, should be in print by June/July insha’Allah. The other one, Time to Pray, may take longer as it’s being printed in China, possibly later summer.

    Insha’Allah our books will be distributed by The Islamic Foundation now too, which should get them into more shops insha’Allah.