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ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٌۭ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ
Thumma ya''tī min[m] baʻ'di dhālika ʻāmun fīhi yughāthu nnāssu wafīhi yaʻ'ṣirūna
"Then will come after that (period) a year in which the people will have abundant water, and in which they will press (wine and oil)."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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After that a year would come when people would get plenty of rain and press fruit and oil again.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How does it feel when a hard time finally ends?"
My Quran Journey posted a short recitation of ayat 43–63 of Yusuf. Listen to all of it together.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What would the relief year bring?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why does ease follow hardship?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Yusuf is surah 12. Find ayah 49. After hardship comes ease. A year of rain would bring crops again. Yusuf even told them good news beyond the dream: relief would come.
Fact: Ash-Sharh 94:5–6 says with hardship comes ease, twice. Read it.
Ages 5–8: After the storm. Draw a storm on one side and a rainbow on the other.
Ages 9–12: Ease after hardship. Write about a hard time that ended in ease.
Finish with: "Ash-Sharh 94:6 says ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will remember that ease comes after hardship."
Action: Remember that ease comes after hardship.
