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وَعَادًۭا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًۭا
Wa ʻādan wathamūdā wa'aṣ'ḥāba rrassi waqurūnan[m] bay'na dhālika kathīran
As also 'Ad and Thamud, and the Companions of the Rass, and many a generation between them.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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'Ad, Thamud, the people of the Rass and countless generations in between also met the same end.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What can we learn from ruins of old cities?"
On عبدالله بن نعيم - Abdullah ibn Naeem, Yasser Al-Dosari recites Al-Furqan; listen closely.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Which peoples are named?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Who were the people of the Rass?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Furqan is surah 25. Find ayah 38. The key word ar-Rass may mean a well. Scholars differ about who these people were. What matters is the pattern: many generations heard warnings and did not listen.
Fact: Which surah also mentions the people of the Rass along with Nuh, 'Ad and Thamud?
Ages 5–8: Timeline. Draw a line with the names Nuh, 'Ad and Thamud along it.
Ages 9–12: Pattern. Write the pattern you see in the stories of past peoples.
Finish with: "I found it is Surah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will learn one fact about 'Ad or Thamud from the Quran."
Action: Learn one fact about 'Ad or Thamud from the Quran.
