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Surah Hud, Ayah 116 (11:116)

فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْفَسَادِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَآ أُتْرِفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ۝١١٦

falawlā kāna mina l-qurūni min qablikum ulū baqiyyatin yanhawna ʿani l-fasādi fī l-arḍi illā qalīlan mimman anjaynā min'hum wa-ittabaʿa alladhīna ẓalamū mā ut'rifū fīhi wakānū muj'rimīn

Surah HudAyah 116 of 123Juz 12Page 234

The meaning of the ayah

So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.

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:

فَلَوْلَاكَانَمِنَٱلْقُرُونِمِنقَبْلِكُمْأُو۟لُوا۟بَقِيَّةٍۢيَنْهَوْنَعَنِٱلْفَسَادِفِىٱلْأَرْضِإِلَّاقَلِيلًۭامِّمَّنْأَنجَيْنَامِنْهُمْ ۗوَٱتَّبَعَٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟مَآأُتْرِفُوا۟فِيهِوَكَانُوا۟مُجْرِمِينَ

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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