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وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ جَسَدًۭا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰلِدِينَ
Wa mā jaʻalnāhum' jassadan llā ya''kulūna ṭṭaʻāma wamā kānū khālidīna
Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from death.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah did not make the messengers bodies that needed no food, and they did not live forever.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Do you think prophets got hungry?"
Sit quietly and hear Mishary Alafasy, posted by M Asif. Only the start is needed.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What two things show the messengers were human?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why does it help that prophets were like us?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Anbiya is surah 21. Find ayah 8. Prophets ate, slept, worked and grew old. Because they were human, we can copy their example in real life.
Fact: Which prophet worked as a shepherd? (Musa looked after sheep in Madyan; see Al-Qasas 28:27.).
Ages 5–8: Like us. Draw things prophets did that we do too (eat, help family, pray).
Ages 9–12: Example. Write one habit of a prophet you want to copy.
Finish with: "I found Musa looked after ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will copy the prophets' habit of ___."
Action: Copy the habit.
