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وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ
Wa hum' ʻalā mā yaf'ʻalūna bil-mu''minīna shuhūdun
And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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They were witnesses to everything they were doing to the believers.
Start with bismillah.
Press your finger onto a glass, then breathe on it. Ask: "What did you leave behind without noticing?"
Watch the SciShow Kids video "See Your Own Fingerprints!".
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did the cruel people see?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Does every deed leave a mark?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Buruj is surah 85. Find ayah 7. The key word shuhud means witnesses. They saw exactly what they were doing. They knew it was wrong, and Allah saw it too.
Fact: Are any two people's fingerprints the same?
Ages 5–8: Print collection. Press each finger onto an ink pad (or rub with a pencil) and onto paper. Compare with your family's prints.
Ages 9–12: Print patterns. Find out the three main fingerprint patterns (loops, whorls, arches). Which do you have?
Finish with: "I found that fingerprints ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will leave a good mark by ___."
Action: Leave a good "print": a kind word, a helping hand.
