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وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلَّا ظَنًّا ۚ إِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ
Wa mā yattabiʻu 'ak'tharuhum' 'illā ẓannan . 'inna ẓẓanna lā yugh'nī mina l-ḥaqqi shay''an . 'inna -llaha ʻalīmun[m] bimā yaf'ʻalūna
But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of no avail against truth. Verily Allah is well aware of all that they do.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Most of them follow only guesses, and guessing is no substitute for the truth, and Allah knows well what they do.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Would you cross a road on a guess?"
Sirf Deen posted a short recitation of ayat 31–40 of Yunus. Listen to all of it together.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What do most of them follow?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How do we know what is true?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Yunus is surah 10. Find ayah 36. Many beliefs are based only on guesswork, not proof. The Qur'an asks us to think, check and follow knowledge. A guess can never take the place of the truth.
Fact: Find an ayah telling us not to follow what we have no knowledge of, Al-Isra 17:36.
Ages 5–8: Guess or know. Say things you know for sure and things you only guess.
Ages 9–12: Check it. Write how you check if news or a message is true.
Finish with: "Al-Isra 17:36 says do not follow what you have no ___ of."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will check before I share something as true."
Action: Check before you share something as true.
