قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ
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Qāla 'innaka mina l-munẓarīna
(Allah) said: "Be thou among those who have respite."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ
Qāla 'innaka mina l-munẓarīna
(Allah) said: "Be thou among those who have respite."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah told Iblis that he was among those given time.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Why would Allah give Iblis time?"
Quran Ruku posted a short recitation of ayat 11–25 of Al-A'raf. Listen to all of it together.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did Allah say?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How is this world a test?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-A'raf is surah 7. Find ayah 15. Allah gave Iblis time as part of the test of this life. People can choose to follow Allah or Shaytan. Allah knows everything and is perfectly wise.
Fact: Find Al-Mulk 67:2: Allah created life and death to test who does best.
Ages 5–8: Choose good. Name a good choice you made today.
Ages 9–12: The test. Write how life is a test of our choices.
Finish with: "Life is a ___ of our choices."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will choose good when tempted."
Action: Choose good when tempted.
