Opening the ayah…
إِنَّآ أَخْلَصْنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٍۢ ذِكْرَى ٱلدَّارِ
'Innā 'akh'laṣ'nāhum bikhāliṣatin dhik'rā ddāri
Verily We did choose them for a special (purpose)- proclaiming the Message of the Hereafter.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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We made them pure through a special quality: remembering the Home of the Hereafter.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "If you are going on a long trip, do you think about where you will stay?"
Watch the Noor Kids video What Happens When I Die? The Hereafter.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What special quality did these prophets have?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why does remembering the Hereafter make us better?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Sad is surah 38. Find ayah 46. The key word ad-dar means the home, here the final home in the Hereafter. These prophets always kept the next life in mind. That made their choices pure and wise. When we remember that this life is a journey and the Hereafter is our real home, we choose what lasts.
Fact: Which ayah in Surah Al-A'la says the Hereafter is better and longer lasting?
Ages 5–8: Travel bag. Pack a bag with drawings of good deeds to take on the journey to our final home.
Ages 9–12: Journey map. Draw life as a road with milestones, ending at the final home.
Finish with: "I found that the ayah is Al-A'la ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, before one choice each day, I will ask: will this help my final home?"
Action: Think of your final home.
