وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ
How to read it
Wa 'anna ʻadhābī huwa l-ʻadhābu l-'alīmu
And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ
Wa 'anna ʻadhābī huwa l-ʻadhābu l-'alīmu
And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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And tell them that Allah's punishment is a painful punishment.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Why does a road have both a green light and a red light?"
A short clip on Maher S. Hoque recites ayat 45–60 of Al-Hijr. Play the whole clip.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What comes after the good news?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How do hope and fear balance?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Hijr is surah 15. Find ayah 50. Hope first, then a calm warning. A believer has both, like two wings of a bird. Both help us fly straight.
Fact: Compare 15:49 and 15:50. What is the difference?
Ages 5–8: Traffic lights. Draw a traffic light and talk about green for hope and red for stop.
Ages 9–12: Hope and care. Write why a believer needs both.
Finish with: "I found ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will stop before doing something wrong."
Action: Stop before doing something wrong.