Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How do dates grow on a palm tree?"

Watch the Discovery UK video Dates, How Do They Do It?

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What three things does Allah know?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How can Allah know every single fruit?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Fussilat is surah 41. Find ayah 47. The key word akmamiha means their husks or sheaths. Date flowers grow inside a tough sheath before they open. Allah knows every single date that comes out of its sheath, every baby growing before birth, and the exact time of the Last Day. On that Day, false gods will be shown to have no power.

Fact: About how many months does it take for date flowers to become ripe dates?

Ages 5–8: Date tasting. Taste two kinds of dates and look at their seeds.

Ages 9–12: Countless count. Estimate how many dates grow on one palm, then on a whole farm, and remember Allah knows each one.

Finish with: "I found that dates take about ___ months to ripen."

Talk together:

• How does it feel to know Allah knows every tiny thing?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Why does Allah keep the time of the Hour secret?
• What can we do to be ready?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will say bismillah before eating and think of how Allah knows each fruit."

• Say bismillah before eating.
• Have a date tasting.
• Share your countless count.
• Next time: the next ayah (41:48) shows false gods leaving their worshippers. Explore it together!

Action: Say bismillah before eating and think of how Allah knows each fruit.