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قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
Qāla lahum mmūssā 'al'qū mā 'antum mmul'qūna
Moses said to them: "Throw ye - that which ye are about to throw!"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Musa told them to go ahead and throw whatever they had brought.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Why might someone let the other side go first?"
Just a few minutes, please. إقرأ shares Maher Al-Muaiqly's reading; hear a short stretch.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did Musa tell the magicians?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why was Musa so confident?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ash-Shu'ara is surah 26. Find ayah 43. The key word alqu means throw. Musa let them go first. He was not worried, because he trusted Allah. Confidence based on trust is calm, not boastful.
Fact: Which ayah of Ta-Ha has the magicians ask Musa who should throw first?
Ages 5–8: You first. Practise letting someone else go first in a game.
Ages 9–12: Calm confidence. Write the difference between confidence and boasting.
Finish with: "I found it is ayah ___ of Ta-Ha."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will let someone else go first."
Action: Let someone else go first.
