26:73Ash-Shu'ara'
Juz 19 · Page 370أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ
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'Aw' yanfaʻūnakum' 'aw' yaḍurrūna
"Or do you good or harm?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ
'Aw' yanfaʻūnakum' 'aw' yaḍurrūna
"Or do you good or harm?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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He also asked whether the idols could do them any good or any harm.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What makes something worth trusting?"
A short part is enough. راجــي shares Idrees Abkar's reading; hear a short stretch.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What else did Ibrahim ask?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Who brings real benefit?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ash-Shu'ara is surah 26. Find ayah 73. The key words yanfa'unakum aw yadurrun mean benefit you or harm. Idols could do neither. Only Allah brings real good and protects from harm. Trust belongs to the One who can act.
Fact: Which ayah of Al-Furqan says false gods cannot harm or benefit even themselves?
Ages 5–8: Can it help? Sort pictures of things that can and cannot help.
Ages 9–12: Real help. Write who really brings benefit and protection.
Finish with: "I found it is ayah ___ of Al-Furqan."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will thank Allah for one way He helped me."
Action: Thank Allah for one way He helped you.
