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أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ تَجْهَلُونَ
'A'innakum' lata''tūna rrijāla shah'watan mmin dūni nnissā'i . bal' 'antum' qaw'mun taj'halūna
Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Lut told them their shameful ways showed they were acting foolishly, without knowledge.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Can someone be clever but still foolish?"
Idris Abkar's Ramadan recitation was uploaded by AyaaturRahman.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did Lut call his people?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why is wrongdoing a kind of ignorance?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Naml is surah 27. Find ayah 55. The key word tajhalun means you act ignorantly. Lut's people were not lacking intelligence; they ignored what was right. Real knowledge means acting on the truth, not just knowing facts.
Fact: Which surah tells of angels visiting Ibrahim before going to Lut's people?
Ages 5–8: Wise or foolish. Sort pictures of choices into wise and foolish.
Ages 9–12: Knowing and doing. Write why acting on knowledge matters.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will act on one good thing I already know."
Action: Act on what you know.
