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لَوْلَا يَنْهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ
Law'lā yan'hāhumu rrabbāniyyūna wal-'aḥ'bāru ʻan qaw'lihimu l-'ith'ma wa'ak'lihimu ssuḥ'ta . labi''sa mā kānū yaṣ'naʻūna
Why do not the rabbis and the doctors of Law forbid them from their (habit of) uttering sinful words and eating things forbidden? Evil indeed are their works.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Their religious teachers should have stopped them from sinful speech and from consuming what is unlawful, and how bad was what they did.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Whose job is it to remind people of right and wrong?"
Listen together as Mishary Alafasy recites ayat 61–70 of Al-Ma'idah, a short clip shared by Holy Qur'an-القرآن الكريم.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who should have spoken up?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why is staying silent about wrong a problem?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Ma'idah is surah 5. Find ayah 63. People with knowledge carry a responsibility to remind others kindly. Staying quiet when wrong spreads is itself a fault.
Fact: Ali 'Imran 3:104 is about a group calling to good.
Ages 5–8: Kind reminder. Practise a gentle reminder to do right.
Ages 9–12: Responsibility. Write why people with knowledge should speak up.
Finish with: "We call to good and forbid ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will kindly remind someone to do good."
Action: Kindly remind someone to do good.
