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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًۭا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ
Wa qāla -lladhīna kafarū 'a'idhā kunnā turāban wa'ābā'unā 'a'innā lamukh'rajūna
The Unbelievers say: "What! when we become dust,- we and our fathers,- shall we really be raised (from the dead)?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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The disbelievers asked how they and their forefathers could be brought back once they had become dust.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Is bringing something back harder than making it the first time?"
Abu Bakr Al-Shatri's reading is on Daily Deen; try a few minutes.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did the disbelievers find hard to believe?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How will Allah bring people back?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Naml is surah 27. Find ayah 67. The key word turaban means dust. They doubted that dust could become people again. But Allah made them from nothing the first time. A second time is no harder for Him.
Fact: Which surah's ayah 79 says the One who made bones the first time will bring them back?
Ages 5–8: First time, second time. Build a sandcastle, flatten it and build it again.
Ages 9–12: Easier the second time. Write why bringing back is not hard for Allah.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will remember that Allah made me from nothing."
Action: Remember that Allah made you from nothing.
