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۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ
qālū 'anu''minu laka wa-ttabaʻaka l-'ar'dhalūna
They said: "Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest that follow thee?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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They said they could not believe him when only the poorest, lowest people followed him.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Does it matter who believes something?"
Ustadha Taimiyyah Zubair gives a tafsir of ayat 105 to 122; play only the start.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who were Nuh's followers?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why did the rich look down on them?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ash-Shu'ara is surah 26. Find ayah 111. The key word al-ardhalun means the lowest. The proud judged the message by who followed it. But truth does not depend on wealth or status. The poor often see truth more clearly than the proud.
Fact: Which ayah of Surah Hud records the same complaint against Nuh's followers?
Ages 5–8: Everyone welcome. Draw a circle with people of all kinds inside.
Ages 9–12: Status and truth. Write why status does not decide truth.
Finish with: "I found it is ayah ___ of Hud."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will be friendly to someone others ignore."
Action: Be friendly to someone others ignore.
