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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَلَا تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ
Yā'ayyuhā -lladhīna 'āmanū 'aṭīʻū -llaha warassūlahu walā tawallaw' ʻan'hu wa'antum' tas'maʻūna
O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and turn not away from him when ye hear (him speak).
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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O believers, follow Allah and His Messenger, and never turn away from the Prophet while you hear him speaking.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Is it enough to hear without doing?"
Play the short clip from Taimoor of Saud Al-Shuraim reciting ayat 20–37 of Al-Anfal.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What should believers not do?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why does real listening lead to action?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Anfal is surah 8. Find ayah 20. Believers listen to the Prophet's teaching and act on it. Turning away after hearing is like not listening at all. Real listening means doing.
Fact: Find An-Nur 24:51: the believers say 'we hear and we obey'.
Ages 5–8: Hear and do. When asked to help, do it straight away.
Ages 9–12: Sami'na wa ata'na. Write what 'we hear and we obey' means.
Finish with: "Believers say 'we hear and we ___'."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will act on good advice straight away."
Action: Act on good advice straight away.
