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ثُمَّ ٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًۭا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌۭ
Thumma (i)r'jiʻi l-baṣara karratay'ni yanqalib' 'ilay'ka l-baṣaru khāssi'an wahuwa ḥassīrun
Again turn thy vision a second time: (thy) vision will come back to thee dull and discomfited, in a state worn out.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Look again and again; your sight will return to you tired, having found no flaw.
Start with bismillah.
Look at a honeycomb picture. Ask: "What shape keeps repeating?"
Watch the MicroFrogLab video What Snow Really Looks Like Under the Microscope.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What happens to our eyes when we keep looking?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why can't we find any flaw however hard we look?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Mulk is surah 67. Find ayah 4. The key words khasi'an wa huwa hasir mean humbled and worn out. Even under a microscope, a snowflake shows a beautiful six-sided pattern. The closer we look, the more wonder we find, and our eyes tire before they find a mistake.
Fact: Why do bees build their honeycomb cells with six sides?
Ages 5–8: Hexagon hunt. Search your home and garden for six-sided shapes.
Ages 9–12: Close look. Use a magnifying glass to study a leaf, a feather and a grain of salt. Draw what you see.
Finish with: "I found that bees use six-sided cells because ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will look closely at one small thing and say subhanAllah."
Action: Look closely at one small thing and say subhanAllah.
