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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا
Wa kam' 'ah'lak'nā qab'lahum mmin qar'nin hal' tuḥissu min'hum mmin' 'aḥadin 'aw' tas'maʻu lahum' rik'zan[m]
But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah destroyed many nations before them, and today you cannot find them or hear even a whisper from them.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What is left of people who lived thousands of years ago?"
Begin Maher Al-Muaiqly's Maryam on Sufyan Qadhi and listen for a few minutes.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What can't we hear from past nations?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What will be left of me, and what will matter?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Maryam is surah 19. Find ayah 98. Maryam ends quietly: mighty nations are gone without a whisper. What lasts is faith and good deeds with Allah.
Fact: Find the ayah about ruined cities of the past as lessons (Al-Hajj 22:45).
Ages 5–8: Maryam review. Draw your favourite story from Surah Maryam.
Ages 9–12: Surah review. Write three lessons from Surah Maryam.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___, ayah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will act on one lesson from Surah Maryam."
Action: Act on one lesson from Surah Maryam.
