Saniyasnain Khan

Saniyasnain Khan is an Indian television host and children's author with over 100 children's books to his credit. These are on subjects relating to Islam. A number of his books have been translated into French, German, Turkish, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Bosnian, Norwegian, Russian, Uzbek, Arabic, Malay, Bengali and Urdu. He has also created board games for children on Islamic themes. A trustee of the Centre for Peace and Spirituality (CPS International) – a non-profit, non-political organization working towards peace and spirituality, he contributes articles on Islam and spirituality to English newspapers. He does a weekly TV program, "Islam for Kids" on ETV Urdu and was a co-host of Kahaniyan Quran Se (Stories from the Quran) which was telecasted on ZEE-Salaam. Recently he was recognized by the Limca Book of Records. His book, The Story of Khadija has been awarded Sharjah Children's Book Award He is mentioned in a study done on the World's 500 Most Influential Muslims by the George Washington University, USA.

Biography

Son of noted Islamic scholar, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Saniyasnain Khan was born in 1959 at Azamgarh, U.P. India. In 1967 he moved to Delhi along with his father. He attended the Mazharul Islam Middle School and the Govt Model Higher Secondary School-2 (Ludlow Castle), Delhi. He subsequently studied at Jamia Hamdard, the University of Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia. He did his post-graduation in Arabic from the University of Delhi. In 1976, under the guidance of his father, he started an Urdu monthy magazine called Al-Risala. In 1996, he established Goodword Books. His first book, entitled Tell Me About Hajj, was published in 1999.

Selected works

Saniyasnain Khan has written numerous children's books including:

• Tell Me About the Prophet Muhammad
• Tell Me About Hajj
• Tell Me About the Prophet Musa
• Tell Me About the Prophet Yusuf
• My First Quran Storybook
• Goodnight Stories from the Quran
• Goodnight Stories from the Life of the Prophet Muhammad
• Goodword Book of Quran People for Kids
• Just for Kids Quran Stories
• Quran Stories for Kids
• The Greatest Stories from the Quran
• More Quran Stories for Kids]
• Quran and Seerah Stories
• Goodword Islamic Studies (Grades 1 to 8)
• Quran Stories for Little Hearts series

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• eid al-adha activities « good tree montessori homeschool. Goodtreemontessori.wordpress.com. Retrieved on 19 October 2011.
• Tell Me About the Prophet Yusuf. Archive.arabnews.com (5 October 2006). Retrieved on 19 October 2011.