Listen and understand

Study meaning: Humanity is certainly in loss,

Khusr means loss. The warning concerns the direction of a human life before Allah, not just losing possessions or a game. Read on to the exception in the next ayah. Avoid labelling another child a failure or making a learner frightened of an ordinary mistake.

Build the ayah

1. Listen to the whole ayah.
2. Repeat a short phrase after the reciter.
3. Join the phrases without rushing.
4. Cover the text and try the complete ayah.
5. Compare with the recitation and correct one point at a time.

Return to ayahs 1-1, then add this ayah. If a phrase is difficult, practise less material and return later. A parent can listen and encourage without asking the learner to compete.

Source notes

Read the Quran passage and Ibn Kathir commentary. Study meanings are simplified; the commentary provides the wider explanation.