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وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌۭ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ قَالَ مَآ أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَبَدًۭا
Wa dakhala jannatahu wahuwa ẓālimun llinaf'sihī qāla mā 'aẓunnu 'an tabīda hādhihī 'abadan
He went into his garden in a state (of mind) unjust to his soul: He said, "I deem not that this will ever perish,
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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He went into his garden, wronging himself, and said he didn't think it would ever be destroyed.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Does anything in this world last forever?"
Settle down and play the start of Islam Sobhi's Al-Kahf (Islam Sobhi Recitations).
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did the man think about his garden?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why was he wronging himself?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Kahf is surah 18. Find ayah 35. The man forgot that everything ends. Thinking our things will last forever makes us proud and careless. Only Allah lasts.
Fact: Find the ayah that says everything perishes except His Face (Al-Qasas 28:88).
Ages 5–8: Seasons. Talk about how leaves change and fall.
Ages 9–12: Nothing lasts. Write why remembering this keeps us humble.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___, ayah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will remember that my things are gifts that end."
Action: Remember that your things are gifts that end.
