20:51Ta-Ha
Juz 16 · Page 314قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
How to read it
Qāla famā bālu l-qurūni l-'ūlā
(Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Qāla famā bālu l-qurūni l-'ūlā
(Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Pharaoh asked what had happened to the generations who lived before.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Why do people ask hard questions to change the subject?"
Muzammil Hasballah recites Ta-Ha on his own channel. Play the first few minutes.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who did Pharaoh ask about?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why did Pharaoh change the topic?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ta-Ha is surah 20. Find ayah 51. Pharaoh couldn't answer Musa, so he asked a tricky question. Musa stayed calm and answered wisely.
Fact: How old are the pyramids? Find an estimate.
Ages 5–8: Stay on topic. Play a game where you gently bring a conversation back to the topic.
Ages 9–12: Calm answers. Write how to stay calm when asked a tricky question.
Finish with: "I found they are about ___ years old."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will stay calm with tricky questions."
Action: Stay calm with tricky questions.
