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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 117 (5:117)

مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِى كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ ۝١١٧

mā qul'tu lahum illā mā amartanī bihi ani uʿ'budū l-laha rabbī warabbakum wakuntu ʿalayhim shahīdan mā dum'tu fīhim falammā tawaffaytanī kunta anta l-raqība ʿalayhim wa-anta ʿalā kulli shayin shahīd

Surah Al-Ma'idahAyah 117 of 120Juz 7Page 127

The meaning of the ayah

I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allāh, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness.

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

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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:

مَاقُلْتُلَهُمْإِلَّامَآأَمَرْتَنِىبِهِۦٓأَنِٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَرَبِّىوَرَبَّكُمْ ۚوَكُنتُعَلَيْهِمْشَهِيدًۭامَّادُمْتُفِيهِمْ ۖفَلَمَّاتَوَفَّيْتَنِىكُنتَأَنتَٱلرَّقِيبَعَلَيْهِمْ ۚوَأَنتَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢشَهِيدٌ

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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