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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 187 (2:187)

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنكُمْ ۖ فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَ بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ ٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْطِ ٱلْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَـٰكِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ ۝١٨٧

uḥilla lakum laylata l-ṣiyāmi l-rafathu ilā nisāikum hunna libāsun lakum wa-antum libāsun lahunna ʿalima l-lahu annakum kuntum takhtānūna anfusakum fatāba ʿalaykum waʿafā ʿankum fal-āna bāshirūhunna wa-ib'taghū mā kataba l-lahu lakum wakulū wa-ish'rabū ḥattā yatabayyana lakumu l-khayṭu l-abyaḍu mina l-khayṭi l-aswadi mina l-fajri thumma atimmū l-ṣiyāma ilā al-layli walā tubāshirūhunna wa-antum ʿākifūna fī l-masājidi til'ka ḥudūdu l-lahi falā taqrabūhā kadhālika yubayyinu l-lahu āyātihi lilnnāsi laʿallahum yattaqūn

Surah Al-BaqarahAyah 187 of 286Juz 2Page 29

The meaning of the ayah

It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are a clothing for you and you are a clothing for them. Allāh knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allāh has decreed for you [i.e., offspring]. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the night [i.e., sunset]. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allāh, so do not approach them. Thus does Allāh make clear His verses [i.e., ordinances] to the people that they may become righteous.

Saheeh International, the meaning of the Quran in English. The Quran itself is the Arabic text above.

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The words of the ayah

Your child memorizes the ayah word by word, then puts the words back in order in the “Put the words in order” game:

أُحِلَّلَكُمْلَيْلَةَٱلصِّيَامِٱلرَّفَثُإِلَىٰنِسَآئِكُمْ ۚهُنَّلِبَاسٌۭلَّكُمْوَأَنتُمْلِبَاسٌۭلَّهُنَّ ۗعَلِمَٱللَّهُأَنَّكُمْكُنتُمْتَخْتَانُونَأَنفُسَكُمْفَتَابَعَلَيْكُمْوَعَفَاعَنكُمْ ۖفَٱلْـَٔـٰنَبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّوَٱبْتَغُوا۟مَاكَتَبَٱللَّهُلَكُمْ ۚوَكُلُوا۟وَٱشْرَبُوا۟حَتَّىٰيَتَبَيَّنَلَكُمُٱلْخَيْطُٱلْأَبْيَضُمِنَٱلْخَيْطِٱلْأَسْوَدِمِنَٱلْفَجْرِ ۖثُمَّأَتِمُّوا۟ٱلصِّيَامَإِلَىٱلَّيْلِ ۚوَلَاتُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّوَأَنتُمْعَـٰكِفُونَفِىٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗتِلْكَحُدُودُٱللَّهِفَلَاتَقْرَبُوهَا ۗكَذَٰلِكَيُبَيِّنُٱللَّهُءَايَـٰتِهِۦلِلنَّاسِلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَّقُونَ

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  1. They listen to the ayah from the teaching sheikh.
  2. They repeat it with him two or three times.
  3. They recite it from memory and record their voice for a parent to hear.
  4. It comes back in review until it sticks.
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