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وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
Wa man' 'aẓ'lamu mimmani (i)f'tarā ʻalā-llahi kadhiban 'aw' kadhdhaba bi'āyātihī . 'innahu lā yuf'liḥu ẓẓālimūna
Who doth more wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah or rejecteth His signs? But verily the wrong-doers never shall prosper.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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No one does more wrong than a person who makes up lies about Allah or denies His signs, and wrongdoers will not succeed.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Why is lying about Allah so serious?"
Put on a reciter's Al-An'am from NgajiBareng04 and follow along for a little while.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What two wrongs are named?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why won't wrongdoers succeed?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-An'am is surah 6. Find ayah 21. Saying something about Allah without knowledge is very serious. Muslims are careful to learn from the Qur'an and trusted scholars before speaking about the religion.
Fact: Al-A'raf 7:33 warns against saying about Allah what we do not know.
Ages 5–8: I don't know. Practise saying 'I don't know, let me ask' politely.
Ages 9–12: Careful speech. Write how to check if something about Islam is true.
Finish with: "Wrongdoers will not ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will ask before repeating something I'm unsure about."
Action: Ask before repeating something you're unsure about.
