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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةًۭ لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًۭا
Wa huwa -lladhī jaʻala -llay'la wa nnahāra khil'fatan lliman' 'arāda 'an yadhdhakkara 'aw' 'arāda shukūran
And it is He Who made the Night and the Day to follow each other: for such as have the will to celebrate His praises or to show their gratitude.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah made night and day follow one another for anyone who wants to remember Him or to show thanks.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What would life be like if it were always day?"
Open the Wycombe Mosque video of Ibrahim Idris and listen for a while.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who benefits from night and day?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "If I miss a good deed by day, can I make it up at night?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Furqan is surah 25. Find ayah 62. The key word khilfatan means following one another. Night and day take turns, giving us new chances to remember Allah and to say thank you. Missed something in the day? The night is there.
Fact: Why do we have night and day on Earth?
Ages 5–8: Spin the globe. Shine a torch on a spinning ball and watch day and night move.
Ages 9–12: Second chances. Write how night and day give us a second chance.
Finish with: "I found night and day happen because ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will do a missed daytime good deed at night."
Action: Do a missed daytime good deed at night.
