مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
How to read it
Mā lakum' lā tanāṣarūna
"'What is the matter with you that ye help not each other?'"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
Mā lakum' lā tanāṣarūna
"'What is the matter with you that ye help not each other?'"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Why is it that you cannot help one another now?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Who helps you when things go wrong?"
Watch the Irum Farrukh video Love for Your Brother What You Love for Yourself.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What can the wrongdoers no longer do for each other?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why can't false friends help on that Day?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah As-Saffat is surah 37. Find ayah 25. The key word tanasarun means helping one another. In this world, people who team up for wrong seem strong together. On that Day they cannot help each other at all. Real help comes from Allah and from friendships built on goodness, which last.
Fact: Which ayah in Surah Al-Ma'idah tells us to help one another in goodness, not in wrongdoing?
Ages 5–8: Helping hands. Trace your hands and write one way you will help someone on each finger.
Ages 9–12: Good teamwork. Write about a team that helps each other do good, like a family or class.
Finish with: "I found that the ayah is Al-Ma'idah ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will help someone with something they find hard."
Action: Help someone with something they find hard.
