Our first time.

This is the ceremony to commemorate Aliya’s and her friends success to completing the mandatory Quranic study, demanded by Islam. All Muslims must learn how to read the Quran correctly, the pronounciation of the beautiful Arabic words and its related rules.

I’m so proud that Aliya at 11 years old completed hers so soon. Next year would be a hectic year since it’s her first big exam so, khatam at 11 years old was so perfect.

Each khatam student must bring a “bunga telur” (flower egg, or the likes). I am not great with creative flowery stuff, so this cost me RM94. Hahah, minus the 40 eggs that I boiled and placed inside each little pocket of the flower.

Here’s Aliya, in her graduation robe.
Note: All of MrGart’s pictures of Aliya were fuzzy, someone’s been playing with the camera .. good thing, I found Aliya and took this picture of hers with my phone, in a bad lighting, otherwise it’d be lost.

Well, it was a very well rehearsed ceremony, in a classy ballroom and ended with high-tea for all the parents.

This are all the khatam students reciting the last 10 surahs of the Quran. Aliya’s at the back with all the girls. When the students were walking in in a parade, it was so apparent that the girls were much much taller than the boys. Very significantly shorter. Seriously. But I guess, boys’ growth spurts will start when they’re prolly 12 and they’ll overshoot the girls soon. In the meantime, such short boys! *cheeky*

Notice all the bunga telur down at the stage. When it was all over, it was given to all parents. We get about 10, colourful ones.

Alhamdulillah. I hope that Aliya will now begin to read the Quran more frequently and will start to read the tafseer and understand the meanings of the Quran, now that reading it is a breeze to her. Insyallah.

So, Ayisha, next?

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