Aya & Yusuf: Patience and Perseverance
Aya and Yusuf plant a lemon seed and want it to grow at once, then learn from a hen that patience and perseverance pay off. For ages 4 to 9.
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What is Aya & Yusuf: Patience and Perseverance about?
Aya & Yusuf: Patience and Perseverance is an Islamic animated video for children aged 4 to 9 in which the twins Aya and Yusuf plant a seed, find it hard to wait for it to grow, and learn that patience and perseverance go together.
The twins are given a seed and told to plant it in a spot that gets plenty of sun and rain, where it will one day grow into a lemon tree. They dig a hole, put in the seed, cover it up and wait. And wait. When nothing happens, they worry that it needs more water or more light. But these things take time, and they have to be patient.
To show them what patience looks like, the twins are taken to see a hen sitting on her egg. She has been waiting for three weeks, because she knows a baby chick will hatch, and that is worth waiting for. The rooster, on the other hand, is not very patient at all. Being patient, the twins hear, brings the best results and the best rewards, and gives us time to think and to appreciate what comes.
Patience is not only waiting calmly: it is also how we behave while we wait. So the twins find something useful to do. One wants to learn to skip, the other to get across the monkey bars, and they keep trying without giving up. Perseverance, seeing things through, is just as important as patience, and in the end it pays off. The episode ends with the twins' bedtime prayer.
What your child will learn
- Good things, like a tree growing from a seed, take time.
- Patience is not only waiting calmly; it is also how we behave while we wait.
- We can use waiting time to do something useful.
- Perseverance means not giving up until we have seen something through.
Talk about it afterwards
- Why did the lemon seed not grow straight away?
- What was the hen waiting for, and why was she so patient?
- What did the twins do while they waited?
- What is something you had to practise again and again before you could do it?
Words to know
- Sabr
- Patience; staying calm and trusting Allah while we wait or when things are hard.
Frequently asked questions
What age is Aya & Yusuf: Patience and Perseverance suitable for?
Children aged 4 to 9. It is a gentle family cartoon about planting a seed and learning to wait, with a bedtime prayer at the end.
What does Aya & Yusuf: Patience and Perseverance teach children?
That good things take time, that patience includes how we behave while we wait, and that we should keep trying until we succeed.
How long is Aya & Yusuf: Patience and Perseverance?
About 8 minutes.
