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فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Fa-s'tajab'nā lahu wanajjay'nāhu mina l-ghammi . wakadhālika nunjī l-mu''minīna
So We listened to him: and delivered him from distress: and thus do We deliver those who have faith.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah answered Yunus and saved him from his distress, and that is how He saves the believers.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Has Allah ever helped you out of a hard moment?"
Play the short clip from الشيخ خالد الغامدي: Khalid Al-Ghamdi reciting ayat 87–112.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who else does Allah save in the same way?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How does Allah save believers today?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Anbiya is surah 21. Find ayah 88. Allah saved Yunus, and the ayah says He saves believers in the same way. Yunus's du'a is a gift for every believer in trouble.
Fact: Find where Yunus was cast onto the shore (As-Saffat 37:145).
Ages 5–8: Rescue story. Draw Yunus safe on the shore.
Ages 9–12: Saved. Write about a time Allah helped you.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___, ayah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will tell someone the story of Yunus's du'a."
Action: Tell someone the story of Yunus's du'a.
