تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
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Til'ka 'āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni
These are verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Til'ka 'āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni
These are verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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These are ayat from a Book that explains things plainly.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What do you do when something is hard to understand?"
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Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What kind of Book is described?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What has the Quran explained to me?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ash-Shu'ara is surah 26. Find ayah 2. The key word al-mubin means clear and making clear. The surah will tell story after story, and each one explains a lesson plainly. A clear book leaves no excuse for not understanding.
Fact: Which surah of the Quran calls itself 'a book whose ayat are made firm and then explained' in its first ayah?
Ages 5–8: Explain it. Explain to a younger child how to tie a shoe, step by step.
Ages 9–12: Plain words. Rewrite a hard sentence in simple words.
Finish with: "I found it is Surah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will explain one lesson to someone younger."
Action: Explain one lesson to someone younger.
