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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
'Inna -lladhīna lā yu''minūna bil-'ākhirati layussammūna l-malā'ikata tas'miyata l-'unthā
Those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels female names.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How do rumours start and spread?"
Watch the Little Hearts Wellbeing video When Rumors Spread.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did the deniers say about the angels?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why is it wrong to make things up about the unseen?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Najm is surah 53. Find ayah 27. The key word yusammuna means they name. The deniers had never seen the angels, yet they invented names and stories about them. That is like spreading a rumour. We only say about the unseen what Allah and His Messenger have told us.
Fact: Why do rumours change as they spread?
Ages 5–8: Story check. Tell a short story to one person and see how it changes after three people.
Ages 9–12: Unseen facts. List what the Quran tells us about angels, and notice what it doesn't say.
Finish with: "I found that rumours change because ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will stop a rumour instead of passing it on."
Action: Stop a rumour instead of passing it on.
