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وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ
Wa lahu l-jawāri l-munsha'ātu fī l-baḥ'ri kal-'aʻ'lāmi
And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains:
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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His are the ships with tall sails, standing up in the sea like mountains.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How can a giant metal ship float when a small stone sinks?"
Watch the SciShow Kids video Why Do Ships Float?
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What do the ships look like?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why does the ayah say the ships belong to Allah?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ar-Rahman is surah 55. Find ayah 24. The key words al-jawar al-munsha'at mean the ships raised high. People build ships, but it is Allah who made water push up on them so they float. Huge ships cross oceans carrying food and goods because of laws Allah set in nature.
Fact: Why does a heavy ship float but a small stone sink?
Ages 5–8: Float or sink. Test ten objects in a bowl of water and sort them.
Ages 9–12: Foil boat. Make a foil boat and count how many coins it can hold before sinking.
Finish with: "I found that ships float because ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will thank Allah for one thing that came to us from far away."
Action: Thank Allah for one thing that came to us from far away.
