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جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ عِبَادَهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَأْتِيًّۭا
Jannāti ʻad'nin -llatī waʻada rraḥ'mānu ʻibādahu bil-ghay'bi . 'innahu kāna waʻ'duhu ma''tiyyan
Gardens of Eternity, those which (Allah) Most Gracious has promised to His servants in the Unseen: for His promise must (necessarily) come to pass.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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These are everlasting Gardens that the Most Merciful has promised His servants, though they haven't seen them, and His promise always comes true.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Can you believe in something you haven't seen?"
Begin Khalid Al-Juhaym's Maryam on Sufyan Qadhi and listen for a few minutes.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who promised the Gardens?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why believe in Jannah without seeing it?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Maryam is surah 19. Find ayah 61. Believers trust Allah's promise of Jannah even though it is unseen. Allah never breaks a promise.
Fact: Find the ayah that says Allah never breaks His promise (Al Imran 3:9).
Ages 5–8: Garden dream. Draw what you hope Jannah is like.
Ages 9–12: Unseen. Write about believing in what we can't see.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___, ayah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will do one deed hoping for Jannah."
Action: Do one deed hoping for Jannah.
