Smack

Yesterday, two 9-year old twins, Ismail and Ishak, visited XOM's prayer place and recited a few Surahs by heart. Subhanallah. They have practically memorized, with translations, 10 Juzuks (ten chapters) of the Holy Qur'an. We were given the opportunity to test them also. It was part of a promotion to sponsor them enough shelters, more books, and many more. Suddenly, I felt so small, cornered in a dim room, compared to these two (in some caricatures, this is the time when a sketch of cold wind blowing with a leaf or two flipping here and there signalling arrival of autumn, and there's me standing on the street wearing a thin jacket shivering.) 9-year old efforts had put 23-year old history to shame.