Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How do our eyes see so many colours?"

Watch the SciShow Kids video How Do We See Color?

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What blessing do the colours of the sky remind us of?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why did Allah make the world so colourful?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ar-Rahman is surah 55. Find ayah 38. The key word ala' means blessings. Allah could have made a grey world, but He filled it with colours: blue seas, green leaves, red sunsets and bright birds. Special cells in our eyes let us enjoy them all.

Fact: What are the cells in our eyes that see colour called?

Ages 5–8: Colour hunt. Find something of every colour of the rainbow around your home.

Ages 9–12: Colour mixing. Mix paints to make as many new colours as you can from red, yellow and blue.

Finish with: "I found that the colour cells in our eyes are called ___."

Talk together:

• What is your favourite colour in nature?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How would life feel without colour?
• How can we thank Allah for our eyes?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will notice one beautiful colour each day and say subhanAllah."

• Notice a beautiful colour daily.
• Go on a colour hunt.
• Share colour mixing.
• Next time: the next ayah (55:39) says no one will be asked about their sins that Day. Explore it together!

Action: Notice one beautiful colour each day and say subhanAllah.