Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How can a problem end without a fight?"

Watch the IQRA Cartoon episode Battle of the Trench, Khandaq Victory.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did the armies gain?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How did the believers win without a big battle?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Ahzab is surah 33. Find ayah 25. The key word kafa means was enough. After weeks of siege, the armies gave up and went home with nothing. There was no great battle: Allah's wind and the trench were enough. Allah is Qawiyy, Strong, and 'Aziz, Mighty. Sometimes a conflict that ends without harm is a real victory.

Fact: After the Trench, did the Confederates ever attack Madinah again?

Ages 5–8: Peaceful ending. Act out a disagreement that ends calmly without fighting.

Ages 9–12: Conflict solver. Write three ways to end an argument without harming anyone.

Finish with: "I found that after the Trench, ___."

Talk together:

• Why is ending a conflict peacefully a victory?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How can you end an argument calmly?
• What did the believers do to earn Allah's help?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will calm one argument instead of making it worse."

• Calm an argument.
• Act out a peaceful ending.
• Share conflict solver.
• Next time: the next ayah (33:26) tells what happened to those who broke their treaty. Explore it together!

Action: Calm one argument instead of making it worse.