Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How can scientists talk to a spacecraft billions of kilometres away?"

Watch the NASA video How Do We Communicate with Faraway Spacecraft?

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Where does the Quran come from?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How did the Quran come down to the Prophet?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Haqqah is surah 69. Find ayah 43. The key words tanzilun min rabbil-'alamin mean a revelation from the Lord of all the worlds. Giant dishes on Earth catch faint signals from far-off spacecraft. The Quran came from Allah, through the angel Jibril, to the Prophet, over twenty-three years.

Fact: How long does a signal take to travel from Voyager to Earth?

Ages 5–8: Dish catcher. Make a dish shape from foil and see how it gathers sound when you hold it to your ear.

Ages 9–12: Revelation timeline. Find out where and when the first and last ayat were revealed.

Finish with: "I found that a signal from Voyager takes about ___ to reach Earth."

Talk together:

• What does "Lord of the worlds" mean?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Why is the Quran a gift for all people?
• How can we treat the Quran with respect?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will keep my mushaf in a clean, high place."

• Keep your mushaf in a special place.
• Try the dish catcher.
• Share your revelation timeline.
• Next time: the next ayah (69:44) says if the messenger had made up anything... Explore it together!

Action: Keep your mushaf in a clean, high place.