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يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلْمًۭا
Yaʻ'lamu mā bay'na 'ay'dīhim' wamā khal'fahum' walā yuḥīṭūna bihī ʻil'man
He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind them: but they shall not compass it with their knowledge.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah knows what lies ahead of people and what is behind them, but they cannot take in His knowledge.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Can you see behind your head?"
Begin Idrees Abkar's Ta-Ha on Sonam A. Qayyum and listen for a few minutes.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What does Allah know?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why can't we fully understand Allah's knowledge?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ta-Ha is surah 20. Find ayah 110. We only know a little: some of the past, a guess at the future. Allah knows all of it completely. We can't wrap our minds around His knowledge.
Fact: How wide is a human's field of vision? Find out.
Ages 5–8: Vision test. Look ahead and see how much you can see on each side.
Ages 9–12: Limits. Write what humans can't know.
Finish with: "I found about ___ degrees."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will trust Allah about things I don't understand."
Action: Trust Allah about things you don't understand.
