Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How big do you think the universe is?"

Watch the Science Time video How Big is The Universe? You can play just the first few minutes.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What is greater than creating people?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "If Allah made the universe, can He bring people back?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ghafir is surah 40. Find ayah 57. The key word akbar means greater. People sometimes doubt that Allah can bring them back after death. But Allah made the vast heavens and earth, which are far bigger than any person. Bringing people back is easy for the One who made the whole universe.

Fact: About how many galaxies do scientists estimate there are?

Ages 5–8: Scale it. Line up a grain of rice, a ball and a globe to compare sizes.

Ages 9–12: Big numbers. Write the number of stars in our galaxy and the number of galaxies, and think about Allah's greatness.

Finish with: "I found that there are about ___ galaxies."

Talk together:

• What does the size of the universe tell us about Allah?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Why is bringing people back easy for Allah?
• How do you feel looking at a starry sky?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will look at the night sky and say Allahu akbar."

• Look up and say Allahu akbar.
• Line up sizes.
• Share big numbers.
• Next time: the next ayah (40:58) says the blind and the seeing are not equal. Explore it together!

Action: Look at the night sky and say Allahu akbar.