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وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْغَرْبِىِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَمْرَ وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ
Wa mā kunta bijānibi l-ghar'biyyi 'idh' qaḍay'nā 'ilā mūssāl-'am'ra wamā kunta mina shshāhidīna
Thou wast not on the Western side when We decreed the Commission to Moses, nor wast thou a witness (of those events).
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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The Prophet was not on the western side of the mountain when Allah gave Musa the command, and he did not witness it.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How could someone know a story they never saw?"
Door to Deen carries Al-Minshawi's audio as well; hear how this part sounds.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Where was the Prophet not present?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How did the Prophet know these details?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Qasas is surah 28. Find ayah 44. The key words al-gharbi mean the western side. The Prophet Muhammad lived about two thousand years after Musa and could not read old books. Yet he told this story in detail. It came to him from Allah, as revelation.
Fact: Roughly how many years separate Musa and the Prophet Muhammad?
Ages 5–8: Who told you? Tell a story you heard and say who told it to you.
Ages 9–12: Proof of revelation. Write why knowing old stories was a sign for the Prophet.
Finish with: "I found it was roughly ___ years."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will share one sign that the Quran is from Allah."
Action: Share one sign that the Quran is from Allah.
