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وَيَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَءِذَا مَا مِتُّ لَسَوْفَ أُخْرَجُ حَيًّا
Wa yaqūlu l-'insānu 'a'idhā mā mittu lassaw'fa 'ukh'raju ḥayyan
Man says: "What! When I am dead, shall I then be raised up alive?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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A person says, 'When I have died, will I really be brought back to life?'
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What happens to a seed buried in the ground?"
Settle down and play the start of Nasser Al-Qatami's Maryam (Al Quran Al Kereem).
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What question does the person ask?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How can Allah bring people back to life?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Maryam is surah 19. Find ayah 66. Some people doubt life after death. The next ayah answers: remember how you were created from nothing. A seed in the soil comes back as a plant.
Fact: Read 19:67 for the answer.
Ages 5–8: Seed planting. Plant a seed and watch it rise.
Ages 9–12: Rising again. Write how nature shows new life.
Finish with: "I found the answer is ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will plant a seed and remember this ayah."
Action: Plant a seed.
