Opening the ayah…
وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Wa laqadi (u)s'tuh'zi'a birussulin mmin qab'lika faḥāqa bi-lladhīna sakhirū min'hum mmā kānū bihī yas'tah'zi'ūna
Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Messengers before were mocked too, and in the end the mockers were overtaken by what they had laughed at.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Does mockery ever come back to the mocker?"
Hear a short part of Badr Al-Turki's recitation on تلاوات الشيخ بدر التركي إمام الحرم المكي.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What happened to the mockers?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How does this comfort believers?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Anbiya is surah 21. Find ayah 41. The Prophet was comforted: earlier messengers were mocked too, and the truth they brought came true. Mockery doesn't change the truth.
Fact: How does a boomerang come back? Find out.
Ages 5–8: Boomerang. Make a paper boomerang and test it.
Ages 9–12: Comfort. Write how this ayah could comfort someone being teased.
Finish with: "I found it comes back because ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will comfort someone who was teased."
Action: Comfort someone who was teased.
