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قَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَتَقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَكُمْ ۖ أَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَا وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّٰحِرُونَ
Qāla mūssā 'ataqūlūna lil'ḥaqqi lammā jā'akum' . 'assiḥ'run hādhā walā yuf'liḥu ssāḥirūna
Said Moses: "Say ye (this) about the truth when it hath (actually) reached you? Is sorcery (like) this? But sorcerers will not prosper."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Musa asked them how they could say this about the truth when it had come to them, asking if it was really magic, since magicians never succeed.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How would you answer someone who calls the truth a lie?"
A short clip on Quran Ayat recites ayat 71–82 of Yunus. Play the whole clip.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who does Musa say will not succeed?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How can you tell truth from trickery?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Yunus is surah 10. Find ayah 77. Musa calmly asked: does this look like magic to you? Tricksters never truly win. He stayed confident because his signs came from Allah.
Fact: Ta-Ha 20:69 says the magician will not succeed wherever he goes.
Ages 5–8: Calm answer. Practise answering a tease calmly.
Ages 9–12: Confidence. Write why Musa stayed confident.
Finish with: "Ta-Ha 20:69 says the magician will not ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will answer unkind words calmly."
Action: Answer unkind words calmly.
