وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ
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Wa 'antum' ḥīna'idhin tanẓurūna
And ye the while (sit) looking on,-
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ
Wa 'antum' ḥīna'idhin tanẓurūna
And ye the while (sit) looking on,-
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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And you are sitting there watching, unable to change it.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How do doctors help keep us healthy?"
Watch the Meet the Helpers video A Doctor's Job is to Keep Us Healthy.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What are the people around the dying person doing?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What can we do for someone who is very ill?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Waqi'ah is surah 56. Find ayah 84. The key word tanzurun means you are looking on. Doctors and families do wonderful work caring for sick people. Still, when Allah's set time comes, nobody can hold it back. What we can always do is care, comfort and make du'a.
Fact: What does a doctor check during a check-up?
Ages 5–8: Thank-you card. Make a card to thank a doctor, nurse or carer you know.
Ages 9–12: Kind visit. Write a plan for visiting someone who is ill: what to bring, say and do.
Finish with: "I found that at a check-up, a doctor checks ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will make du'a for someone who is ill."
Action: Make du'a for someone who is ill.
