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أَمْوَٰتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَآءٍۢ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ
'Am'wātun ghay'ru 'aḥ'yā'in . wamā yash'ʻurūna 'ayyāna yub'ʻathūna
(They are things) dead, lifeless: nor do they know when they will be raised up.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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They are lifeless, not living, and they do not even know when people will be raised.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Can a stone hear you?"
Begin Saud Ash-Shuraim's An-Nahl on I Love Allah and listen for a few minutes.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What are false gods described as?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why call on something that doesn't live or know?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Nahl is surah 16. Find ayah 21. False gods have no life and no knowledge. They don't even know when the Day of rising will come. Allah is Al-Hayy, the Ever-Living, who knows everything.
Fact: With a grown-up, look for Al-Hayy (the Ever-Living) in Ayat al-Kursi (2:255).
Ages 5–8: Living or not. Sort things into living and not living.
Ages 9–12: Al-Hayy. Write what it means that Allah is Ever-Living.
Finish with: "Ayat al-Kursi calls Allah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will learn the first line of Ayat al-Kursi."
Action: Learn the first line of Ayat al-Kursi.
