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لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًۭا
Llā yam'likūna shshafāʻata 'illā mani (i)ttakhadha ʻinda rraḥ'māni ʻah'dan
None shall have the power of intercession, but such a one as has received permission (or promise) from (Allah) Most Gracious.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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No one will be able to speak up for others except those who have taken a promise from the Most Merciful.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Who would you want to speak up for you?"
SwedenDawah has a short Maryam clip of Muhammad Al-Luhaidan reciting ayat 85–98. Play it all.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who can speak up for others?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What does it mean to have a promise from Ar-Rahman?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Maryam is surah 19. Find ayah 87. On that Day, speaking up for others is only by Allah's permission. Everything is in His hands. Ask your ustaz or ustazah to learn more.
Fact: Find a similar ayah in Ta-Ha (20:109).
Ages 5–8: Speak for others. Speak up kindly for a friend this week.
Ages 9–12: Permission. Write why everything is in Allah's hands that Day.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___, ayah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will speak up kindly for someone."
Action: Speak up kindly for someone.
