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وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Wa laqadi (u)s'tuh'zi'a birussulin mmin qab'lika faḥāqa bi-lladhīna sakhirū min'hum mmā kānū bihī yas'tah'zi'ūna
Mocked were (many) messengers before thee; but their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Messengers before you were mocked too, and in the end the very thing the mockers laughed at closed in around them.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How does it feel to know others went through the same thing as you?"
Play the short Al-An'am clip of ayat 1–10 from OCHI YOSI Official.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who was mocked before?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What happened to the mockers?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-An'am is surah 6. Find ayah 10. Allah comforted the Prophet: Nuh, Hud, Salih and others were also laughed at. Their patience was rewarded, and the mockers met what they denied.
Fact: In Hud 11:38, people mocked Nuh as he built the ark.
Ages 5–8: Brave and kind. Act out staying calm when someone teases you.
Ages 9–12: Patient prophets. Write about one prophet who was mocked and stayed patient.
Finish with: "Nuh was mocked while building the ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will stay calm if someone teases me."
Action: Stay calm if someone teases you.
