I was brought up in a Catholic household before becoming Muslim, and even then, I was raised with an awareness of God as All-Hearing, All-Seeing, and All-Knowing. From an early age, I was taught that God watched over us all and knew everything we did, good or bad.
Parents of preschoolers who wish to introduce their children to some basic Islamic concepts and common Arabic phrases will likely enjoy the picture book But . . . Who is Allah? written by Bachar Karroum and illustrated by Tanja Varcelija.
We are blessed with guidance and details about every aspect of our relationships to Allah and to people, about how to worship and to pursue knowledge, about how to connect the trials and experiences from the past to the present, and more.