Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What can we learn from people who lived long ago?"

Watch the Noor Kids video What Happens When You Ignore Allah? Story of Aad and Thamud.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Did their earnings help them?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why do people repeat the same mistakes?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Az-Zumar is surah 39. Find ayah 50. The key word kasabu means they earned. Earlier peoples also boasted that their success came from their own cleverness. Their wealth and power did not protect them. History repeats itself when people forget the lessons of the past.

Fact: Which peoples are named in Surah Al-Fajr as having been destroyed?

Ages 5–8: History chain. Make a paper chain of peoples in the Quran who forgot Allah.

Ages 9–12: Same mistake. Write about a mistake people make again and again and how to avoid it.

Finish with: "I found that Al-Fajr names ___."

Talk together:

• Why do people repeat the same mistakes?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What lesson from the past helps you?
• How can we avoid pride in our success?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will learn one lesson from a story in the Quran."

• Learn from a Quran story.
• Make a history chain.
• Share same mistake.
• Next time: the next ayah (39:51) says wrongdoers cannot escape. Explore it together!

Action: Learn one lesson from a story in the Quran.