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Doodle with Surah Al-Maun

Our first Quran doodling templates: one verse and one comic panel per page, for Surah Al-Maun.

Doodling with the Quran started as one of the variations we tried while we were iterating on our workshops. These are the templates we made for Surah Al-Maun.

The workbook opens with a space for the "Name of Doodler" and a line about our Qoodle (Quran-doodling) method, which "kids love to discover Quran gems". The outline under "How is it done?" has eight steps: Qoodle demonstration, Qoodle tracing, Qoodle words, Qoodle names, Qoodle Bismillah and Qoodle verses, then two questions, "Why go through the meanings?" and "Why storytelling?". Each workshop also links to other subjects such as science, social studies and geography.

The cover of the Doodle with Surah Al-Maun workbook, with the eight-step outline
The cover of the Doodle with Surah Al-Maun workbook, with the eight-step outline

The logo on these pages still says inspire, integrate, impart. That was our 3-I, so these templates come from before the 4-I.

One verse, one panel

An overview page sets out the surah: seven verses, a theme of acts of small kindness, and one main lesson for the children: "You're never too small to be kind".

After that, every verse has a page of its own. The verse sits at the top with its meaning and one keyword. Below is an empty comic panel for the child to fill. The frames change from page to page: a diagonal split, a big speech cloud, a set of boxes.

The verse 1 page: the verse and a keyword at the top, and an empty comic panel split on a diagonal
The verse 1 page: the verse and a keyword at the top, and an empty comic panel split on a diagonal
The verse 2 page, with a large speech cloud in the middle of the panel
The verse 2 page, with a large speech cloud in the middle of the panel
The verse 3 page, with a box and speech bubbles to draw in
The verse 3 page, with a box and speech bubbles to draw in

How a session goes

We go through the verses with the children one at a time. We talk about each one: what it says, and what it might mean for them. Then they doodle. The pages give them more than one format to work in, so a child can draw a single scene, a strip of boxes or a big speech cloud. The drawing is the child's own reflection, at their level. Afterwards we bring it back to the verse.

Near the end comes a "Practice to be a Huffaz" page for memorising the surah and understanding the meanings, and last of all a blank template we could use for any surah.

The "Practice to be a Huffaz" page, with the whole surah laid out for memorising
The "Practice to be a Huffaz" page, with the whole surah laid out for memorising
A blank doodling template with an empty frame
A blank doodling template with an empty frame

Try it at home

You do not need a printed workbook. Take one short verse you know well. Read it together with its meaning, talk about it, and give your child a box to draw in. Ask them to tell you about the drawing afterwards.

We made these templates sometime between 2014 and 2018.

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