Collecting Quranic stories about divine prophets in the book Children of Adam, the work of a new Dutch Muslim
Petra van Helden, a new Dutch convert, published her first children’s book, Children of Adam: published stories narrated in the Quran” in this country.
According to the My Salaamm news site; This book is currently available in online stores and shopping centers throughout the Netherlands.
Van Helden says about this book: There are many children’s books on the subject of the Bible and its stories for children, but in the case of the Qur’an, it is rare to find a book for children.
He added: Children of Adam is a book to learn about the stories of prophets and peoples mentioned in the Holy Quran. I hope that this book will stimulate the reader’s curiosity and study the Quran itself.
Petra van Helden grows up in a Protestant family in the Dutch city of Utrecht, but later accepts Islam as her religion.
Having never seen a Muslim as a child, he remembers making a friend at school who was of Moroccan origin. He told him about Islam and the stories of the prophets mentioned in the Qur’an.
After finishing high school, Petra borrowed a Dutch translation of the Quran from the local library and was immersed in it for several months.
Petra says: I remember we went on a trip to France and I was sitting by the water, reading the Quran and being amazed at how familiar the stories and characters were.
He adds: We had learned about different cultures in school, but we had never learned how much Islam and Christianity had in common. Children should know that Abrahamic religions are branches of the same tree.
In the book Children of Adam, Van Helden collected the stories of the Qur’an about divine prophets from all over this heavenly book and narrated each of them separately and together. Each chapter ends with a verse from the Qur’an and at the end of the book there is a list of all the verses mentioned in the book.
He says: The seed of this book was planted 20 years ago, when I was looking for answers to my questions and trying to know more about Islam. It’s almost impossible to publish a children’s book in this regard, so I consider this book a godsend
