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فَذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ ٱلْحَقِّ إِلَّا ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ
Fadhālikumu -llahu rabbukumu l-ḥaqqu . famādhā baʻ'da l-ḥaqqi 'illā ḍḍalālu . fa'annā tuṣ'rafūna
Such is Allah, your real Cherisher and Sustainer: apart from truth, what (remains) but error? How then are ye turned away?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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That is Allah, your true Lord, and once the truth is clear, anything else is error, so how can people turn away?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "If you know the right answer, why would you pick a wrong one?"
Play the short clip from Holy Qur'an of Mishary Alafasy reciting ayat 31–40 of Yunus.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What is left after the truth?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why do people sometimes turn away from what they know is true?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Yunus is surah 10. Find ayah 32. After the questions in the last ayah, the answer is clear: Allah is the real Lord. If you leave the truth, only mistakes are left. Pride or habit can turn people away from what they know.
Fact: How a compass always points north. A sign to ponder about a clear direction.
Ages 5–8: Compass walk. Use a compass to find north.
Ages 9–12: Turned away. Write two things that stop people following the truth.
Finish with: "A compass needle points ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will choose the right thing even when it is hard."
Action: Choose the right thing even when it is hard.
