51:8Ad-Dhariyat
Juz 26 · Page 521إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍۢ مُّخْتَلِفٍۢ
How to read it
'Innakum' lafī qaw'lin mmukh'talifin
Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant,
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍۢ مُّخْتَلِفٍۢ
'Innakum' lafī qaw'lin mmukh'talifin
Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant,
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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You are saying things that do not agree with each other.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What do you do when you and a friend disagree?"
Watch the KING 5 video Kids' Take: How to handle disagreements?
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What was wrong with what the deniers were saying?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How can we tell when someone's story keeps changing?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Adh-Dhariyat is surah 51. Find ayah 8. The key word mukhtalif means differing or contradicting. The deniers kept changing what they said about the Prophet: one day a poet, the next a magician. When a story keeps changing, it is a sign it isn't true. The truth stays the same.
Fact: What is one polite way to disagree with someone?
Ages 5–8: Same or different? Tell a short story twice and ask someone to spot any changes.
Ages 9–12: Disagree kindly. Write three polite sentences to start a disagreement.
Finish with: "I found that a polite way to disagree is ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will disagree politely using one of my kind sentences."
Action: Disagree politely using one of your kind sentences.
