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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 96 (2:96)

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ حَيَوٰةٍ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۚ يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَن يُعَمَّرَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ ۝٩٦

walatajidannahum aḥraṣa l-nāsi ʿalā ḥayatin wamina alladhīna ashrakū yawaddu aḥaduhum law yuʿammaru alfa sanatin wamā huwa bimuzaḥziḥihi mina l-ʿadhābi an yuʿammara wal-lahu baṣīrun bimā yaʿmalūn

Surah Al-BaqarahAyah 96 of 286Juz 1Page 15

The meaning of the ayah

And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life - [even] more than those who associate others with Allāh. One of them wishes that he could be granted life a thousand years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do.

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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:

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْأَحْرَصَٱلنَّاسِعَلَىٰحَيَوٰةٍۢوَمِنَٱلَّذِينَأَشْرَكُوا۟ ۚيَوَدُّأَحَدُهُمْلَوْيُعَمَّرُأَلْفَسَنَةٍۢوَمَاهُوَبِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦمِنَٱلْعَذَابِأَنيُعَمَّرَ ۗوَٱللَّهُبَصِيرٌۢبِمَايَعْمَلُونَ

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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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