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Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 18 (18:18)

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ ۚ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖ وَكَلْبُهُم بَـٰسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا ۝١٨

wataḥsabuhum ayqāẓan wahum ruqūdun wanuqallibuhum dhāta l-yamīni wadhāta l-shimāli wakalbuhum bāsiṭun dhirāʿayhi bil-waṣīdi lawi iṭṭalaʿta ʿalayhim lawallayta min'hum firāran walamuli'ta min'hum ruʿ'bā

Surah Al-KahfAyah 18 of 110Juz 15Page 295

The meaning of the ayah

And you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.

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:

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْأَيْقَاظًۭاوَهُمْرُقُودٌۭ ۚوَنُقَلِّبُهُمْذَاتَٱلْيَمِينِوَذَاتَٱلشِّمَالِ ۖوَكَلْبُهُمبَـٰسِطٌۭذِرَاعَيْهِبِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚلَوِٱطَّلَعْتَعَلَيْهِمْلَوَلَّيْتَمِنْهُمْفِرَارًۭاوَلَمُلِئْتَمِنْهُمْرُعْبًۭا

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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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