وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌۭ
How to read it
Wa 'innahu ʻalā dhālika lashahīdun
And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌۭ
Wa 'innahu ʻalā dhālika lashahīdun
And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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This ayah says that people's own actions show their ungratefulness, like tracks that tell where someone has been.
Start with bismillah.
Walk across a patch of sand, soft soil or a floured tray, then step away. Ask: "Can someone tell you were here? What do your footprints say about you?"
Watch the nature museum video about reading animal tracks in the snow.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who is a witness, according to this ayah?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What do my actions say about me?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-'Adiyat is surah 100. Find ayah 7. Which word in the translation is about being a witness?
Fact: How can you tell which animal made a set of tracks?
Ages 5–8: Track detectives. Make footprints in flour or wet sand with toys or your own feet. Can others guess whose tracks they are?
Ages 9–12: Go on a track hunt in a park, beach or garden. Draw three tracks you find and work out who made them.
Finish with: "I found tracks made by ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will leave a track of kindness by ___ at ___."
Action: Keep to your plan all week, and tick it off each day.
