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يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تُحَآجُّونَ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَتِ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ وَٱلْإِنجِيلُ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Yā'ah'la l-kitābi lima tuḥājjūna fī 'ib'rāhīma wamā 'unzilati ttaw'rātu wal-'injīlu 'illā min[m] baʻ'dihī . 'afalā taʻ'qilūna
Ye People of the Book! Why dispute ye about Abraham, when the Law and the Gospel Were not revealed Till after him? Have ye no understanding?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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The People of the Book are asked why they argue over Ibrahim when the Tawrah and the Injil were only sent down after him, and whether they will think about it.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Who came first, Ibrahim or Musa?"
MZG has a short Ali 'Imran clip of Mishary Alafasy reciting ayat 62–70. Play it all.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What came after Ibrahim?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why does the order of history matter?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ali 'Imran is surah 3. Find ayah 65. Some claimed Ibrahim as belonging only to their group. But Ibrahim lived long before the Tawrah and Injil. Thinking clearly about history solves the argument.
Fact: Ibrahim lived many centuries before Musa and 'Isa.
Ages 5–8: Timeline. Put Ibrahim, Musa, 'Isa and Muhammad in order.
Ages 9–12: Think it through. Write why order matters in history.
Finish with: "Ibrahim came ___ the Tawrah."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will make a timeline of four prophets."
Action: Make a timeline of four prophets.
