Start with bismillah.

Ask: "Can a toy or a statue help you if you are in trouble?"

Watch the Yaqeen Institute animation Why Does God Ask People to Worship Him?

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What can the false gods not do?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why do some people pray to things that cannot hear?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ya-Sin is surah 36. Find ayah 23. The key word shafa'ah means speaking up for someone. The man explained that idols have no power to protect anyone. Only Allah controls harm and help. This is tawhid: believing Allah alone is in charge, so we turn only to Him.

Fact: What are the three parts of tawhid that scholars often teach?

Ages 5–8: Can it help? Ask a teddy to fetch you water and see that it cannot, then thank Allah who answers prayers.

Ages 9–12: Tawhid chart. Make a chart of the three parts of tawhid with a simple example for each.

Finish with: "I found that the three parts are ___."

Talk together:

• Why can't idols help anyone?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Who do we turn to when we are afraid?
• What do people today rely on instead of Allah?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will make dua first whenever I need help."

• Make dua first.
• Try can it help.
• Share your tawhid chart.
• Next time: the next ayah (36:24) says what worshipping idols would mean. Explore it together!

Action: Make dua first whenever you need help.