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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 261 (2:261)

مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِى كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٍ مِّا۟ئَةُ حَبَّةٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَـٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ۝٢٦١

mathalu alladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahum fī sabīli l-lahi kamathali ḥabbatin anbatat sabʿa sanābila fī kulli sunbulatin mi-atu ḥabbatin wal-lahu yuḍāʿifu liman yashāu wal-lahu wāsiʿun ʿalīm

Surah Al-BaqarahAyah 261 of 286Juz 3Page 44

The meaning of the ayah

The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allāh is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. And Allāh multiplies [His reward] for whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

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

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Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Husary (Mu'allim)
Sheikh Muhammad Siddiq al-Minshawi (Mu'allim)

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:

مَّثَلُٱلَّذِينَيُنفِقُونَأَمْوَٰلَهُمْفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِكَمَثَلِحَبَّةٍأَنۢبَتَتْسَبْعَسَنَابِلَفِىكُلِّسُنۢبُلَةٍۢمِّا۟ئَةُحَبَّةٍۢ ۗوَٱللَّهُيُضَـٰعِفُلِمَنيَشَآءُ ۗوَٱللَّهُوَٰسِعٌعَلِيمٌ

Memorize it with your child in Qurrah

In Qurrah, your child memorizes the ayah step by step:

  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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