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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍۢ وَٰحِدَةٍۢ فَمُسْتَقَرٌّۭ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌۭ ۗ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَفْقَهُونَ
Wa huwa -lladhī 'ansha'akum mmin nnaf'sin wāḥidatin famus'taqarrun wamus'taw'daʻun . qad' faṣṣalnā l-'āyāti liqaw'min yaf'qahūna
It is He Who hath produced you from a single person: here is a place of sojourn and a place of departure: We detail Our signs for people who understand.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Allah produced all of you from a single soul, giving you a place to settle and a place to be kept, and He explains signs for people who understand.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How are all people related?"
Play the short Al-An'am clip of ayat 95–101 from A.A.H. (Abu Al Humaira).
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Where do all people come from?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What are the two places mentioned?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-An'am is surah 6. Find ayah 98. All humans come from Adam, so we are one big family. Scholars explain the two places as our time on earth and our time in the grave, or the womb and the earth.
Fact: An-Nisa' 4:1 also says all came from a single soul.
Ages 5–8: One family. Talk about how all people are related through Adam.
Ages 9–12: Human family. Write how knowing we are one family changes how we treat others.
Finish with: "All people come from a single ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will be kind to someone different from me."
Action: Be kind to someone different from you.
