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Surah 90 · 20 ayat

Surah Al-Balad

The City; The Land

Choose the level that suits your child, not their age. Finish every train of one level, or every Ayah train, and Surah Al-Baladjoins your train.

Starter

2–3 letters, short vowels only, like the paper engine cards. 2 words, 1 train.

Explorer

Up to 4 letters, with sukun, long vowels and tanwin. 25 words, 5 trains.

Investigator

Up to 6 letters, shaddah and al- too. 32 words, 6 trains.

Ayah train

Every word of one ayah is a carriage, in mushaf spelling. 19 ayat of 2 to 8 words.

Some words never become carriages: a word whose mushaf spelling hides a long vowel (it would be read short), and the Name of Allah, which is read as a whole word. They still ride in the Ayah trains, in mushaf spelling.