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ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِى طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
Allahu yas'tah'zi'u bihim' wayamudduhum' fī ṭugh'yānihim' yaʻ'mahūna
Allah will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in their trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (To and fro).
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah turns their mockery back on them and leaves them wandering blindly in their wrongdoing.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What happens to a boomerang you throw?"
a reciter recites Al-Baqarah on Abdi Rina. A few minutes is plenty.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What happens to their mockery?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why does mocking others come back?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Baqarah is surah 2. Find ayah 15. Mocking others ends up harming the mocker. Allah lets them wander in their choices until they turn back.
Fact: A boomerang is shaped so that it curves back to the thrower.
Ages 5–8: Boomerang. Talk about how unkindness comes back.
Ages 9–12: What returns. Write how kindness and unkindness return to us.
Finish with: "Mockery ___ to the mocker."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will say only kind things about others."
Action: Say only kind things about others.
