QurrahSurah Al-Isra, Ayah 31 (17:31)
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَـٰقٍ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًٔا كَبِيرًا ٣١
walā taqtulū awlādakum khashyata im'lāqin naḥnu narzuquhum wa-iyyākum inna qatlahum kāna khiṭ'an kabīrā
The meaning of the ayah
And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.
Saheeh International, the meaning of the Quran in English. The Quran itself is the Arabic text above.
Listen to the ayah
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:
وَلَاتَقْتُلُوٓا۟أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْخَشْيَةَإِمْلَـٰقٍۢ ۖنَّحْنُنَرْزُقُهُمْوَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚإِنَّقَتْلَهُمْكَانَخِطْـًۭٔاكَبِيرًۭا
Memorize it with your child in Qurrah
In Qurrah, your child memorizes the ayah step by step:
- They listen to the ayah from the teaching sheikh.
- They repeat it with him two or three times.
- They recite it from memory and record their voice for a parent to hear.
- It comes back in review until it sticks.