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ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْخُلْدِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ
Thumma qīla lilladhīna ẓalamū dhūqū ʻadhāba l-khuldi hal' tuj'zaw'na 'illā bimā kuntum' tak'sibūna
"At length will be said to the wrong-doers: 'Taste ye the enduring punishment! ye get but the recompense of what ye earned!'"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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The wrongdoers will be told to taste lasting punishment, because they are only being repaid for what they earned.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Is it fair to get what you worked for?"
Omar Hisham Al Arabi recites Yunus on his own channel. Play the first few minutes.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What are they repaid for?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How do our deeds come back to us?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Yunus is surah 10. Find ayah 52. In one calm line, the ayah says the wrongdoers' result comes from their own deeds. Allah does not add any unfairness. The good news is that good deeds come back to us too, multiplied.
Fact: Find Az-Zalzalah 99:7–8 about an atom's weight of good or bad.
Ages 5–8: Seeds and fruit. Talk about how seeds we plant grow into fruit.
Ages 9–12: Earned. Write how Az-Zalzalah 99:7–8 connects to this ayah.
Finish with: "Even an ___'s weight of good will be seen."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will plant one good-deed seed every day."
Action: Plant one good-deed seed every day.
