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فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
Farāgha 'ilā 'ālihatihim' faqāla 'alā ta''kulūna
Then did he turn to their gods and said, "will ye not eat (of the offerings before you)?...
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Then he went quietly to their gods and asked: aren't you going to eat?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Can a statue eat the food put in front of it?"
Watch the Stories of the Prophets video Prophet Ibrahim and the Fire, Part 2. Play the first few minutes.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did Ibrahim ask the idols?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why did Ibrahim talk to statues?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah As-Saffat is surah 37. Find ayah 91. The key word ta'kulun means you eat. His people had left food in front of their idols. Ibrahim asked them to eat, knowing they could not. It was a clever way of showing that idols cannot do anything at all, not even the simplest thing living creatures do.
Fact: What do all living things need to survive?
Ages 5–8: Alive or not. Sort pictures into living and non-living things.
Ages 9–12: Signs of life. List the seven signs that something is alive, from science class.
Finish with: "I found that living things need ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will thank Allah for the gift of life every morning."
Action: Thank Allah for the gift of life every morning.
