Start with bismillah.

Ask: "Why is it important to choose friends carefully?"

Watch the Jellybean Tales video Al-Baseer.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Where did he see his old friend?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How could he have helped his friend?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah As-Saffat is surah 37. Find ayah 55. The key word sawa' means the very middle. The doubting friend ended up in the Fire, as the Quran says in one short line. The believer is safe because he did not follow him. While we are alive, we can still invite friends to good with kindness and du'a.

Fact: What does the word da'wah mean?

Ages 5–8: Invite to good. Invite a friend or sibling to pray or read with you.

Ages 9–12: Kind invitation. Write how to invite a friend to something good without being pushy.

Finish with: "I found that da'wah means ___."

Talk together:

• Why is the believer safe?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How can we help friends while there is time?
• What is a kind way to invite someone to good?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will make du'a for a friend's guidance."

• Make du'a for a friend.
• Invite someone to good.
• Share your kind invitation.
• Next time: the next ayah (37:56) shows what he said. Explore it together!

Action: Make du'a for a friend's guidance.