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كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةًۭ ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Kullu naf'sin dhā'iqatu l-maw'ti . wanab'lūkum bi shsharri wal-khay'ri fit'natan . wa'ilay'nā tur'jaʻūna
Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and by good by way of trial. to Us must ye return.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Every soul will taste death, Allah tests us with both hard and good things, and to Him we return.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Can good things be a test too?"
Hear a short part of Mishary Alafasy's recitation on Alafasy.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What two kinds of tests are there?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How is a good thing a test?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Anbiya is surah 21. Find ayah 35. Hard times test patience; good times test thankfulness. Both are tests. Every soul will return to Allah.
Fact: Find the ayah that says Allah tests with fear, hunger and loss (Al-Baqarah 2:155).
Ages 5–8: Two tests. Draw a sunny day and a rainy day and write 'thank' and 'patience'.
Ages 9–12: Test diary. Write one easy and one hard thing this week and how you responded.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___, ayah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will say alhamdulillah in good and hard moments."
Action: Say alhamdulillah in good and hard moments.
