CHILDREN’S CORNER

CHILDREN’S CORNER Selections from Best-Loved Quran Stories Goodword is an award-winning publishing company with a splendid range of Islamic Books in many languages. It offers innovative products for children, including Quran stories, moral stories, craft and activity books, gift packs, Islamic games, Arabic and Islamic readers for home and school. Best-Loved Quran Stories, authored by Dr Saniyasnain Khan, is a collection of Quran stories to read, love and cherish. With full-colour illustrations on every page, this book is a perfect way to introduce the little ones to the stories, prayers and teachings of the Quran. We present here two stories from this beautiful volume. THE KING’S DREAM LONG ago in Egypt’s distant sands, there lived a king who ruled the desert land. One night, the king tossed and turned in his bed for he had had such a strange dream. His sleeping mind had conjured up seven large cows grazing in a field of grass. These thin cows were eaten up by seven fat cows. Soon after, seven green ears of corn appeared before him. Then in time, the green ears of corns turned yellow. These strange visions began to worry the king, so he called for his wise men. Surely they would know the meaning of his dream. Curious questions filled the royal court, but nobody could answer them. Nobody knew the meaning of the dream at all. Soon the king grew desperate. There had to be somebody who could tell him what his dream had meant. One day, a thought struck a servant in the court. He was the king’s cupbearer. His job was to pour wine for his Royal Highness. The cupbearer thought deeply about a memory he had. He thought deeply of a promise he had made long before. The servant told the king how he himself had met a wise man.