Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What is time?"

Watch the Twinkl Kids TV video How to Tell the Time.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What do these people think ends life?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Who created time?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Jathiyah is surah 45. Find ayah 24. The key word ad-dahr means time, the passing ages. Some people said that life just happens and time wears us out, with nothing after. The Quran says this is only a guess. Time is something Allah created; He decides life and death, and there is a life after this one.

Fact: How many seconds are in one day?

Ages 5–8: Clock craft. Make a paper-plate clock and set it to your prayer times.

Ages 9–12: Time audit. Track how you spend one day in hours and colour the parts that will count later.

Finish with: "I found that one day has ___ seconds."

Talk together:

• Why is "only time ends us" a guess?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How should knowing about the next life change how we use time?
• What is one way to use time well?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will plan my day around the five prayers."

• Plan around the prayers.
• Make a clock craft.
• Share your time audit.
• Next time: the next ayah (45:25) shows them demanding their ancestors back. Explore it together!

Action: Plan your day around the five prayers.