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Surah Hud, Ayah 8 (11:8)

وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ۝٨

wala-in akharnā ʿanhumu l-ʿadhāba ilā ummatin maʿdūdatin layaqūlunna mā yaḥbisuhu alā yawma yatīhim laysa maṣrūfan ʿanhum waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūn

Surah HudAyah 8 of 123Juz 12Page 222

The meaning of the ayah

And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say, "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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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:

وَلَئِنْأَخَّرْنَاعَنْهُمُٱلْعَذَابَإِلَىٰٓأُمَّةٍۢمَّعْدُودَةٍۢلَّيَقُولُنَّمَايَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗأَلَايَوْمَيَأْتِيهِمْلَيْسَمَصْرُوفًاعَنْهُمْوَحَاقَبِهِممَّاكَانُوا۟بِهِۦيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

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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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