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قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَالِصَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Qul' 'in kānat' lakumu ddāru l-'ākhiratu ʻinda -llahi khāliṣatan mmin dūni nnāssi fatamannawu l-maw'ta 'in kuntum' ṣādiqīna
Say: "If the last Home, with Allah, be for you specially, and not for anyone else, then seek ye for death, if ye are sincere."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Say: if the home of the Hereafter is for you alone and no one else, then wish for death if you are truthful.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Can any group claim Jannah only for themselves?"
Quran Tech posted a short recitation of ayat 91–95 of Al-Baqarah. Listen to all of it together.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did some claim?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why would a true claim make them unafraid?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Baqarah is surah 2. Find ayah 94. Some claimed Jannah was only for them. The ayah challenges: if you're so sure, why fear meeting Allah? Only Allah decides who enters Jannah.
Fact: Only Allah decides who enters Jannah.
Ages 5–8: Allah decides. Talk about why no group owns Jannah.
Ages 9–12: Humble hope. Write why believers hope and fear.
Finish with: "Only ___ decides who enters Jannah."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will ask Allah for Jannah humbly each night."
Action: Ask Allah for Jannah humbly each night.
