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أَمْ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًۭا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ
'Am' 'amintum mman fī ssamā'i 'an yur'sila ʻalay'kum' ḥāṣiban . fassataʻ'lamūna kay'fa nadhīri
Or do ye feel secure that He Who is in Heaven will not send against you a violent tornado (with showers of stones), so that ye shall know how (terrible) was My warning?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Or do you feel safe that the One whose power and command are high above the heavens will not send a storm of stones, so that you will know what My warning meant?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How can ice fall from the sky in summer?"
Watch the Weather Network video What is hail?
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What could Allah send?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why should we never feel too safe to need Allah?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Mulk is surah 67. Find ayah 17. The key word hasiban means a storm that hurls stones. Hailstones form high in storm clouds and can be as big as golf balls. Weather obeys Allah; no one is so safe that they don't need Him.
Fact: How does a hailstone grow bigger inside a cloud?
Ages 5–8: Ice layers. Freeze water in layers in a cup, one layer each hour, to see how hail grows.
Ages 9–12: Hail record. Find out the size of the largest hailstone ever recorded.
Finish with: "I found that hailstones grow by ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will remember Allah when the weather changes."
Action: Remember Allah when the weather changes today.
