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قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِى عَن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًۭا
Qāla fa'ini (i)ttabaʻ'tanī falā tas''alnī ʻan shay''in ḥattā 'uḥ'ditha laka min'hu dhik'ran
The other said: "If then thou wouldst follow me, ask me no questions about anything until I myself speak to thee concerning it."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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The teacher said that if Musa followed him, he must not ask about anything until he himself explained it.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Can you hold a question until the right time?"
Settle down and play the start of Ahmed Al-Ajmi's Al-Kahf (Thekr Alrahman ذكر الرحمن).
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What was the teacher's rule?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why wait to ask questions?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Kahf is surah 18. Find ayah 70. The teacher set one rule: wait for the explanation. Sometimes the answer comes if we are patient. Good learners follow class rules.
Fact: Read ahead to 18:78: when did the teacher explain?
Ages 5–8: Question jar. Write questions and save them for the end of the lesson.
Ages 9–12: Rules. Write why teachers have rules.
Finish with: "I found he explained at ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will save questions for the right time in class."
Action: Save questions for the right time in class.
