26:137Ash-Shu'ara'
Juz 19 · Page 373إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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'In' hādhā 'illā khuluqu l-'awwalīna
"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
'In' hādhā 'illā khuluqu l-'awwalīna
"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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They claimed this was nothing but the way of people long ago.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Is something false just because people said it before?"
MZG shows Mishary Rashid reciting the page with ayat 137 to 159.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did 'Ad call Hud's message?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why call it old?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ash-Shu'ara is surah 26. Find ayah 137. The key words khuluq al-awwalin mean the ways of the ancients. 'Ad dismissed the message as old-fashioned. But truth does not expire. Some old things are lies; some are eternal truths.
Fact: Which ayah of Al-Mu'minun has deniers call the message old legends?
Ages 5–8: Old and true. Name three truths that never change.
Ages 9–12: Never outdated. Write why truth does not get old.
Finish with: "I found it is ayah ___ of Al-Mu'minun."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will learn one timeless truth from the Quran."
Action: Learn one timeless truth from the Quran.
