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فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًۭا
Fa'arāda 'an yas'tafizzahum mmina l-'ar'ḍi fa'agh'raq'nāhu waman mmaʻahu jamīʻan
So he resolved to remove them from the face of the earth: but We did drown him and all who were with him.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Pharaoh wanted to drive them out of the land, but Allah drowned him and all those with him.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Can any plan beat Allah's plan?"
Quranic Recitation has the whole of Al-Isra by Saad Al-Ghamdi. Play just the first stretch.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did Pharaoh want to do?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What does Pharaoh's end teach?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Isra is surah 17. Find ayah 103. Pharaoh planned to push out the believers, but Allah's plan won and the sea closed over him. No power beats Allah's.
Fact: Find the story of the sea parting in Ash-Shu'ara (26:63).
Ages 5–8: Allah's plan. Talk about times plans changed for the better.
Ages 9–12: True power. Write who has true power.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___, ayah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will say in shaa Allah for every plan."
Action: Say in shaa Allah for every plan.
