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وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ
Wa 'ar'salnāhu 'ilā mi'ati 'al'fin 'aw' yazīdūna
And We sent him (on a mission) to a hundred thousand (men) or more.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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And We sent him as a messenger to a hundred thousand, or more than that.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How many people live in the biggest town near you?"
Watch the DUA KIDS video Yunus, Prophet Stories in English.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "How many people was Yunus sent to?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Did Yunus go back to his people?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah As-Saffat is surah 37. Find ayah 147. The key word mi'ati alf means a hundred thousand. After healing, Yunus returned to his mission among a large city. His mistake did not end his work; Allah gave him another chance and a big responsibility. Mistakes are not the end when we turn back to Allah.
Fact: About how many people live in the town or city where you live?
Ages 5–8: Counting crowd. Draw one hundred dots to imagine just a tiny part of a hundred thousand.
Ages 9–12: Second chances. Write about how Allah gives second chances to people who turn back.
Finish with: "I found that about ___ people live in my town."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will try again at something I got wrong before."
Action: Try again at something you got wrong before.
