Opening the ayah…
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
'Innā naḥ'nu narithu l-'ar'ḍa waman' ʻalay'hā wa'ilay'nā yur'jaʻūna
It is We Who will inherit the earth, and all beings thereon: to Us will they all be returned.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah will inherit the earth and everyone on it, and to Him everyone will return.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Who will own everything in the end?"
Settle down and play the start of Abdul Basit Abdus-Samad's Maryam (تقوى القلوب).
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "To whom will everyone return?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "If everything returns to Allah, what really belongs to me?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Maryam is surah 19. Find ayah 40. Everything we have is on loan from Allah. In the end, it all goes back to Him, and so do we. That helps us share and not be greedy.
Fact: Find the ayah 'to Allah we belong and to Him we return' (Al-Baqarah 2:156).
Ages 5–8: On loan. Talk about things you borrow and return.
Ages 9–12: Belonging. Write what it means that everything belongs to Allah.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___, ayah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will share something I love."
Action: Share something you love.
