فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
How to read it
Famā lahum' ʻani ttadh'kirati muʻ'riḍīna
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Famā lahum' ʻani ttadh'kirati muʻ'riḍīna
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Why do they turn their backs on the reminder?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What happens when you keep pressing snooze on an alarm?"
Watch the AsapSCIENCE video Should You Use The Snooze Button?
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What do they turn away from?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why do people ignore good reminders?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Muddaththir is surah 74. Find ayah 49. The key words 'anit-tadhkirati mu'ridin mean turning away from the reminder. Like pressing snooze again and again, some people keep putting off the Quran's reminder.
Fact: What happens to our sleep when we hit snooze?
Ages 5–8: Wake-up plan. Draw your morning: wake up, say the dua, get out of bed.
Ages 9–12: Snooze test. For one week, get up at the first alarm. How do you feel?
Finish with: "I found that hitting snooze makes us feel ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will get up at the first alarm."
Action: Get up at the first alarm.
