Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What happens when you say thank you to someone who gave you a gift?"

Play the short clip from Komunitas Muslim of Ibrahim Mansour reciting ayah 7 of Ibrahim.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What does Allah promise to the thankful?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How does saying thank you bring more blessings?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ibrahim is surah 14. Find ayah 7. This is one of Allah's beautiful promises: be thankful and He will give you more. Thanks can be with the tongue (alhamdulillah), the heart, and actions. Being ungrateful brings a warning, so we choose thanks.

Fact: See if you can locate another ayah that tells us to be thankful, such as Al-Baqarah 2:152.

Ages 5–8: Thank-you jar. Each day, put a slip in a jar for one thing you are thankful for.

Ages 9–12: Three ways. Write how to give thanks with the tongue, the heart and actions.

Finish with: "My ayah from Al-Baqarah 2:152: ___."

Talk together:

• What does Allah promise the thankful?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How can actions be a way of saying thanks?
• What will you thank Allah for today?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will say alhamdulillah after every meal."

• Say alhamdulillah.
• Fill your thank-you jar.
• Share what you wrote about three ways.
• Next time: the next ayah (14:8) says Allah does not need our thanks. Explore it together!

Action: Say alhamdulillah after every meal.