Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What do you think about when you look at the stars?"

Watch the Free School video All About Stars for Kids.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What did Ibrahim look at?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why did Ibrahim look at the stars?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah As-Saffat is surah 37. Find ayah 88. The key word nazrah means a glance or look. Ibrahim's people paid great attention to the stars. Scholars explain his glance in different ways; Allah knows best. Elsewhere in the Quran, Ibrahim looks at a star, the moon and the sun and shows that things which set and disappear cannot be God.

Fact: In which surah does Ibrahim look at a star, the moon and the sun one after another?

Ages 5–8: Rising and setting. Watch the moon over a few evenings and notice how it moves and changes.

Ages 9–12: Star thinking. Write why something that disappears every morning cannot be God.

Finish with: "I found that the surah is ___."

Talk together:

• What did Ibrahim teach about stars, moon and sun?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Why can't created things be worshipped?
• What does looking at the sky teach you?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will look at the night sky and remember Who made it."

• Look up and remember Allah.
• Watch the moon.
• Share star thinking.
• Next time: the next ayah (37:89) tells what Ibrahim said. Explore it together!

Action: Look at the night sky and remember Who made it.