23:3Al-Mu'minoon
Juz 18 · Page 342وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ ٱللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ
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Wa -lladhīna hum' ʻani -llagh'wi muʻ'riḍūna
Who avoid vain talk;
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ ٱللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ
Wa -lladhīna hum' ʻani -llagh'wi muʻ'riḍūna
Who avoid vain talk;
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Successful believers turn away from empty, useless talk.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Have you ever talked for ages and then realised it was about nothing?"
Keys To Knowledge has a short recitation of ayat 1–11. Play it all.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What do the believers turn away from?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How can I tell if talk is useful or empty?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Mu'minun is surah 23. Find ayah 3. The key word laghw means talk or play that has no benefit, or that harms. Believers don't waste their precious time and words on it. They choose words that help, teach, or bring people together.
Fact: About how many words does a person speak in a day? Find an estimate and work out a week.
Ages 5–8: Useful or empty? Sort some sentences into two boxes: helpful words and empty words.
Ages 9–12: Word diary. For one afternoon, note when your talk was useful and when it wasn't.
Finish with: "I found people speak about ___ words a day."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will change the topic when talk becomes empty ___ (where)."
Action: Change the topic kindly.
