Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What makes words powerful?"

IANT Masjid gives a short summary of Surah Ash-Shu'ara.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Which letters open the surah?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why is a surah named after poets?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ash-Shu'ara is surah 26, and it has two hundred and twenty-seven ayat. Ash-Shu'ara means the poets; the name comes from ayah 224, near the end. The surah tells of seven prophets: Musa, Ibrahim, Nuh, Hud, Salih, Lut and Shu'ayb. After each story comes the same pair of ayat, like a chorus.

Fact: Which surah has more ayat than any other in the Quran?

Ages 5–8: Seven stars. Draw seven stars and write a prophet's name in each.

Ages 9–12: Prophet map. List the seven prophets in this surah and where their people lived.

Finish with: "I found that the surah with the most ayat is ___."

Talk together:

• Why tell seven stories together?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Which prophet do you know most about?
• What do you hope to learn?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will learn the names of the seven prophets in this surah."

• Learn the seven names.
• Draw seven stars.
• Share your prophet map.
• Next time: the next ayah (26:2) speaks of the ayat of a Book that explains. Explore it together!

Action: Learn the names of the seven prophets in this surah.