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إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّسْرِفُونَ
'Innakum' lata''tūna rrijāla shah'watan mmin dūni nnissā'i . bal' 'antum' qaw'mun mmus'rifūna
"For ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women : ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Lut told his people that their shameful deeds showed they were a people who went far beyond the limits Allah set.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Why does Allah set limits?"
Sit somewhere quiet and play the reciter's recitation of ayat 73–84 from Islam for All. Raise a hand when you think this ayah begins.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did Lut say they did?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How do limits protect us?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-A'raf is surah 7. Find ayah 81. Allah's limits protect us and our families. Lut's people crossed them with shameful deeds. Keeping Allah's limits keeps life safe and good.
Fact: What 'hudud Allah', Allah's limits, means.
Ages 5–8: Safe limits. Name family rules that keep you safe.
Ages 9–12: Limits. Write how Allah's limits protect people.
Finish with: "Allah's limits are called ___ Allah."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will respect family rules."
Action: Respect family rules.
