Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What do you think brings a person close to Allah?"

Watch the Muksidul Khan short The Day When Wealth and Children Will Not Benefit.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What really brings someone near?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What are the high rooms like?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Saba is surah 34. Find ayah 37. The key word zulfa means nearness. Wealth and children are gifts, but they do not lift us closer to Allah by themselves. Faith and good deeds do. Those who have them receive a multiplied reward and live safely in high rooms of the Garden.

Fact: What Arabic word in this ayah describes the high rooms of the Garden?

Ages 5–8: Closer steps. Take one step forward for each good deed you name.

Ages 9–12: Nearness list. List five actions that bring a person closer to Allah.

Finish with: "I found that the word is ___."

Talk together:

• Why don't riches bring us closer to Allah?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What good deed brings you joy?
• How can wealth be used to come closer?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will do one deed each day just to come closer to Allah."

• Do a deed to come closer.
• Take closer steps.
• Share your nearness list.
• Next time: the next ayah (34:38) mentions those who fight the signs. Explore it together!

Action: Do one deed each day just to come closer to Allah.