Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What is the biggest, strongest animal you can think of? What could stop it?"

Watch the National Geographic video about elephants: how big they are, how strong they are, and how they live.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What animal is named in this ayah?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why would an army bring an elephant?" Younger children can draw theirs. Write it down to ask a teacher or an ustaz/ustazah.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Fil is surah 105, and it has five ayat. Find ayah 1. The surah's name means "the elephant". Can you find that word in the translation?

Fact: How heavy is a fully grown African elephant?

Ages 5–8: Weight compare. Find out how many children weigh the same as one elephant. Draw an elephant and fill it with that many stick children!

Ages 9–12: Elephant facts. Find three facts about elephants' strength (what they can lift, push or carry). Then talk: is anything stronger than an elephant?

Finish with: "I found that an elephant weighs about the same as ___ children."

Talk together:

• Elephants are huge and strong. Who made them?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Is anyone or anything stronger than Allah?
• Why do you think Allah asks us to think about what happened to these people?
• Which part of this surah's story would you like a teacher to tell you?

Make a small plan: "When I feel small or weak this week, I will remember ___ and make dua at ___."

• Share your elephant facts with someone at home.
• Ask an ustaz or ustazah to tell you the story behind this surah, and retell it gently at home.
• Next time: the next ayah (105:2) tells us what happened to their plan. Explore it together!

Action: Try your plan whenever you feel small or worried this week.