Opening the ayah…
ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَٰكُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لِنَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ
Thumma jaʻalnākum' khalā'ifa fī l-'ar'ḍi min[m] baʻ'dihim' linanẓura kay'fa taʻ'malūna
Then We made you heirs in the land after them, to see how ye would behave!
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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After those peoples, Allah made us the ones living on the earth to see how we would behave.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "If you were given a garden to look after, what would you do?"
Al-Quran Al-Karim has a short Yunus clip of Maher Al-Muaiqly reciting ayat 7–24. Play it all.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Why did Allah make us successors?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What is Allah watching for in how we act?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Yunus is surah 10. Find ayah 14. Each generation takes over the earth from the one before. Allah gives us this turn as a test: how will we treat people, animals and the land?
Fact: How long an oak tree can live. Some are planted by one generation for another.
Ages 5–8: Caretaker job. Choose one thing at home to look after this week.
Ages 9–12: Our turn. Write three ways your generation can look after the earth.
Finish with: "Allah made us successors to see how we would ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will look after something carefully."
Action: Look after something carefully.
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