فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
How to read it
Famā ẓannukum birabbi l-ʻālamīna
"Then what is your idea about the Lord of the worlds?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Famā ẓannukum birabbi l-ʻālamīna
"Then what is your idea about the Lord of the worlds?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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So what are your thoughts about the Sustainer of all creation?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What do you think of when you hear 'Lord of all the worlds'?"
Watch the Zain Bhikha video Rabbul Aalameen, voice only.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What question did Ibrahim ask about Allah?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What are all the worlds?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah As-Saffat is surah 37. Find ayah 87. The key words Rabb al-'alamin mean Lord of all the worlds. Ibrahim asked his people: what do you really think about the true Lord? Do you think He will ignore what you do? Allah is Lord of humans, animals, plants, oceans, stars and every world we know and do not know.
Fact: In which ayah of Surah Al-Fatihah do we say "Lord of all the worlds"?
Ages 5–8: Many worlds. Draw the world of the sea, the sky and a garden, and write "Allah is Lord of all" across them.
Ages 9–12: Worlds list. List ten different "worlds" in creation, like the world of insects.
Finish with: "I found that it is ayah ___ of Al-Fatihah."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will think about the meaning of Lord of all the worlds in Al-Fatihah."
Action: Think about the meaning of Lord of all the worlds in Al-Fatihah.
