Me, irately chastising the kids after a series of difficult, stressful, and/ or annoying mishaps and issues with the kids:
"أنتم هتشييبوني!"
"Y'all are going to age me!" Ie. "turn my hair white with age."
One boy:
"لا، حضرتك لسه ما شبتيش! لسه فاضل لك وقت حتي توصلي لمرحلة سيدنا زكريا. "رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا...""
"No, you (formal: your grace) have not aged yet. You still have some time until you reach the stage of Sayyiduna Zakariyya. "O my Lord, verily my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white..."" (Surat Maryam, 4)
Another boy:
"لا، هي مش قصدها الشعر الأبيض. قصدها التعب والإرهاق. أقرب لسورة المزمل: "فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًۭا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا.""
"No, she doesn't mean white hair. She means tiredness and exhaustion. Closer to Surat Al-Muzzammil: "Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white-haired?"" (Surat Al-Muzzammil, 17)
I burst out laughing, despite my frustration and annoyance.
At least the kids seem to have a pretty good grasp on the connection between mental stress and physical symptoms! 😅
But, on a serious note: this is truly a blessing. Kids' brains are like fast little computers, taking in input (my word, شيب: to age, from شاب يشيب شيبا ), and using it like a keyword search, quickly correlating it to other words like it from what they know of the Quran. They came up with the output: شيبا from Surat Maryam and also from Surat Al-Muzzammil. MashaAllah.
Dear parents, teach your children Quran with its meaning, and you will be amazed at the results inshaAllah.
- Umm Khalid
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