35:17Fatir
Juz 22 · Page 436وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍۢ
How to read it
Wa mā dhālika ʻalā-llahi biʻazīzin
Nor is that (at all) difficult for Allah.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍۢ
Wa mā dhālika ʻalā-llahi biʻazīzin
Nor is that (at all) difficult for Allah.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Nothing like this is hard for Allah.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What is the hardest job you can imagine?"
Watch the Al-Huda Productions video Opening Verses of Surah Fatir.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "How hard is anything for Allah?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Is anything hard for Allah?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Fatir is surah 35. Find ayah 17. The key word bi-'aziz here means hard or difficult. This very short ayah closes the thought of the last two: creating, replacing and reviving are all easy for Allah. When our problems feel too big, we remember they are small for Him.
Fact: How many words does this ayah have in Arabic?
Ages 5–8: Big and small. Try to lift a heavy box, then remember that nothing is heavy for Allah.
Ages 9–12: Short ayat. Find three other very short ayat in the Quran and what they teach.
Finish with: "I found that this ayah has ___ words."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will hand one worry to Allah in dua."
Action: Hand one worry to Allah in dua.
