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أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ عَذَابًۭا شَدِيدًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
'Aʻadda -llahu lahum' ʻadhāban shadīdan . 'innahum' sā'a mā kānū yaʻ'malūna
Allah has prepared for them a severe Penalty: evil indeed are their deeds.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah has prepared a severe punishment for them; what they used to do was evil.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How do little habits shape a whole day?"
Watch the Kids Hut video Good Habits Vs Bad Habits.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "How does Allah describe what they did?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How do bad habits lead to sad endings?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Mujadilah is surah 58. Find ayah 15. The key words sa'a ma kanu ya'malun mean evil is what they used to do. "Used to do" means a habit. Bad habits grow like weeds if we don't pull them early; good habits grow like flowers.
Fact: How quickly can weeds spread in a garden?
Ages 5–8: Weed or flower? Sort a list of habits into weeds (bad) and flowers (good).
Ages 9–12: Pull a weed. Pick one bad habit and plan how to stop it this week.
Finish with: "I found that weeds spread by ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will pull out one bad habit."
Action: Pull out one bad habit.
