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قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌۭ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْـًۭٔا
Qāla kadhālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʻalayya hayyinun waqad' khalaq'tuka min qab'lu walam' taku shay''an
He said: "So (it will be) thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: I did indeed create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!'"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah said this is easy for Him, for He created Zakariya before when he was nothing at all.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What was there before you were born?"
QURAN is LIFE has a short Maryam clip of Fatih Seferagic reciting ayat 1–15. Play it all.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What does Allah say is easy for Him?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "If Allah made me from nothing, what can't He do?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Maryam is surah 19. Find ayah 9. A sign to ponder: each of us was once nothing, then Allah created us. If He can do that, giving a child to an old couple is easy for Him.
Fact: How big is a human at the very start of life? Find out.
Ages 5–8: From nothing. Draw a tiny dot growing into a person.
Ages 9–12: Easy for Allah. Write about something that seems impossible to us but easy for Allah.
Finish with: "I found it is about ___ mm."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will trust Allah with something I think is impossible."
Action: Trust Allah with something you think is impossible.
