In grade 2, as part of the Islamic Education curriculum we were required to memorize a few short Suwar from The Holy Quran. The Suwar were always broken down to smaller lessons of 2 or more to enable us to memorize the soora as well as understand its meanings.

One of the Suwar we had that year was Surat Al-Adiyat (سورة العاديات) . I remember being absent the day we learnt either the first or the second part of that Sura. So upon being asked to recite the previous day's lesson , I looked at my teacher and answered with a very confused tone, that I was absent.

She was a substitute teacher, so whether I memorized my lesson or not she could have not cared any less, so she looked at me for a second and just dismissed the whole thing.

Now I don't remember what were the other lessons I had that day, but I specifically remember Surat Al-Adiyat. As a child (and a slightly unwell one at that moment!) I thought that I have found the best excuse in the world: "I was absent!".

I guess I really believed that excuse, for till today I have difficulty memorizing Surat Al-Adiyat.