ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًۭا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
How to read it
Alladhī jamaʻa mālan waʻaddadahu
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًۭا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
Alladhī jamaʻa mālan waʻaddadahu
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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This ayah describes a person who keeps collecting money and counting it over and over.
Start with bismillah.
Put a pile of coins on the table and ask a child to count them, then count them again, and again. Ask: "Is counting money the same as using it well?"
Watch the BBC video about why bees build honeycombs with six-sided cells. Bees store honey, but the whole colony shares it.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What is this person busy doing?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "When is saving good, and when is it greedy?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Humazah is surah 104. Find ayah 2. Which two things does the person do with the money in the translation?
Fact: Why do bees build their honeycomb cells with six sides?
Ages 5–8: Three jars. Label three jars "save", "spend" and "share". Split your pocket money between them this week.
Ages 9–12: Make a simple budget for one month of pocket money: how much to save, spend and give. What would you share it for?
Finish with: "I found that I can share ___ every month."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will put ___ in my share jar for ___."
Action: Keep to your plan all week, and tick it off each day.
