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قُلْ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Qul' 'aṭīʻū -llaha wa rrassūla . fa'in tawallaw' fa'inna -llaha lā yuḥibbu l-kāfirīna
Say: "Obey Allah and His Messenger": But if they turn back, Allah loveth not those who reject Faith.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Say: obey Allah and the Messenger, and if they turn away, Allah does not love those who reject faith.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Why does obeying come right after loving?"
Settle down and play the start of a reciter's Ali 'Imran (Tilawah Qur'an Channel).
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Whom should we obey?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How are love and obedience linked?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ali 'Imran is surah 3. Find ayah 32. Love leads to obedience. Obeying Allah and His Messenger is the path of love.
Fact: Obeying the Messenger is obeying Allah (4:80).
Ages 5–8: Listen and do. Follow a kind instruction straight away.
Ages 9–12: Love and obey. Write how love leads to obedience.
Finish with: "Obeying the Messenger is obeying ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will do what my parents ask the first time."
Action: Do what your parents ask the first time.
