إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
How to read it
'Idh' qāla li'abīhi waqaw'mihī mā taʻ'budūna
Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship ye?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
'Idh' qāla li'abīhi waqaw'mihī mā taʻ'budūna
Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship ye?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Ibrahim asked his father and his people what they were worshipping.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How can a question make people think?"
Risalah Studio's short episode tells of Ibrahim the idol breaker.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did Ibrahim ask?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why did Ibrahim start with a question?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ash-Shu'ara is surah 26. Find ayah 70. The key words ma ta'budun mean what do you worship? Ibrahim did not start with insults; he asked a question. Good questions open minds. He began at home, with his own father.
Fact: What name does Al-An'am ayah 74 give for Ibrahim's father?
Ages 5–8: Question time. Ask your family one thinking question at dinner.
Ages 9–12: Power of questions. Write three questions that make people think.
Finish with: "I found his father is called ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will ask a thoughtful question instead of arguing."
Action: Ask a thoughtful question instead of arguing.
