مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ
How to read it
Mina l-jinnati wa nnāssi
Among Jinns and among men.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ
Mina l-jinnati wa nnāssi
Among Jinns and among men.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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The last ayah of the Quran tells us the whisperer can come from the jinn or from people, and reminds us that Allah made things we can see and things we cannot.
Start with bismillah.
Put a few paper clips on a sheet of paper and move a magnet underneath. Ask: "Something is pulling the clips, but can you see it?"
Watch the short NASA video of the invisible magnetic shield around the Earth.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "This is the very last ayah of the whole Quran! Which two kinds of creation does it mention?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What other things are real but invisible?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Nas is surah 114. Find ayah 6, the last ayah of the whole mushaf. Look at the page number: how many pages does your mushaf have?
Fact: What does the Earth's magnetic field protect us from?
Ages 5–8: Magnet hunt. Test things around the house: which ones does a magnet pull? You can't see the pull, but you can see what it does.
Ages 9–12: Sprinkle iron filings from a science kit on paper over a magnet and draw the pattern they make. (Jinn are not magnets! This only shows that "unseen" doesn't mean "not there".)
Finish with: "I found that ___ moved even though I couldn't see what pulled it."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will recite Surah An-Nas at ___, with ___."
Action: Put your plan into action, then tell someone how it went.

Keep small magnets and iron filings away from young children (swallowing magnets is dangerous); adult supervision, and wash hands after.