54:44An-Najm
Juz 27 · Page 530أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌۭ مُّنتَصِرٌۭ
How to read it
'Am' yaqūlūna naḥ'nu jamīʻun mmuntaṣirun
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌۭ مُّنتَصِرٌۭ
'Am' yaqūlūna naḥ'nu jamīʻun mmuntaṣirun
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Or do they say: we are a united crowd that will win?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What is peer pressure?"
Watch the UVM Health video Peer Pressure - First With Kids.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did the deniers boast about?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Is a big group always right?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Qamar is surah 54. Find ayah 44. The key word jami' means all together, a united group. The deniers thought that because there were many of them, they must win. But being in a big group doesn't make something right. Peer pressure can push us to follow the crowd; faith helps us follow the truth.
Fact: What are two ways to say no to peer pressure?
Ages 5–8: Say no game. Practise saying "No thanks" to a silly suggestion in a confident voice.
Ages 9–12: Crowd or truth. Write about a time when following the crowd would have been wrong.
Finish with: "I found that ways to say no are ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will choose what is right even if my friends choose differently."
Action: Choose what is right even if your friends choose differently.
