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وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
Wa jaʻalū bay'nahu wabay'na l-jinnati nassaban . walaqad' ʻalimati l-jinnatu 'innahum' lamuḥ'ḍarūna
And they have invented a blood-relationship between Him and the Jinns: but the Jinns know (quite well) that they have indeed to appear (before his Judgment-Seat)!
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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They have claimed a family tie between Him and the jinn, yet the jinn know well that they too will be summoned.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Do the jinn also have to answer to Allah?"
Watch the Jellybean Tales video Al-Qawiyy.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What do the jinn themselves know?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Are the jinn tested like us?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah As-Saffat is surah 37. Find ayah 158. The key word nasab means family relation. Some people claimed a family link between Allah and the jinn. The Quran answers that the jinn are created beings who know they will stand before Allah for judgement. Jinn and humans are both tested and both responsible.
Fact: Which surah of the Quran is named after the jinn?
Ages 5–8: Created by Allah. Make two columns, "Creator" and "created", and put Allah alone in the first.
Ages 9–12: Two creations. Write what humans and jinn have in common according to the Quran.
Finish with: "I found that the surah is ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will remember that I am responsible for my own choices."
Action: Remember that you are responsible for your own choices.
