Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What does an empty, ruined building make you think?"

Try a little of Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary's Al-Hajj from القناة الرسمية للشيخ محمود خليل الحصري, and follow along.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What was left behind?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What do ruins teach us?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Hajj is surah 22. Find ayah 45. Ruins of old cities still stand. Wells no one draws from and palaces no one lives in remind us that power and wealth don't last without goodness.

Fact: Find a famous ancient ruined city and find out why it was abandoned.

Ages 5–8: Then and now. Draw a palace full of life, then the same palace empty.

Ages 9–12: Lessons from ruins. Write three lessons ruins teach.

Finish with: "I found ___ was abandoned because ___."

Talk together:

• What lasts and what doesn't?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Why does goodness last?
• What will you build that lasts?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will do one good deed that lasts."

• Do a lasting deed.
• Show your drawings.
• Share your lessons.
• Next time: the next ayah (22:46) asks why people don't travel and reflect. Explore it together!

Action: Do one good deed that lasts.