Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What happens when a light goes out in the dark?"

Begin Mishary Alafasy's Al-Baqarah on Iqra - A Journey Through The Quran and listen for a few minutes.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What happened to the light?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What does the light stand for?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Baqarah is surah 2. Find ayah 17. The light stands for guidance they saw but turned from. When we turn from guidance, we lose our way. Believers ask Allah to keep their light.

Fact: On the Last Day, believers' light will run ahead of them (57:12).

Ages 5–8: Lights out. Turn off a light and talk about losing guidance.

Ages 9–12: Keep the light. Write how we keep guidance glowing.

Finish with: "Believers ask Allah to keep their ___."

Talk together:

• What happened to the light?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What is the light?
• How will you keep it?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will make du'a for guidance each morning."

• Guidance is light.
• Keep it.
• Ask Allah.
• Next time: the next ayah (2:18) describes them as deaf, dumb and blind. Explore it together!

Action: Make du'a for guidance each morning.