Start with bismillah.

Ask: "Are both good and hard times tests?"

Hear the opening minutes of Al-A'raf in Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais and Saud Al-Shuraim's voice, from quran4listeners.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What were they tested with?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why test with good things?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-A'raf is surah 7. Find ayah 168. Allah tests with ease and hardship. Good times test gratitude; hard times test patience. Both aim to bring us back to Him.

Fact: Find Al-Anbiya 21:35: We test you with good and bad.

Ages 5–8: Two tests. Name a good test and a hard test you had.

Ages 9–12: Return. Write how both tests bring us back to Allah.

Finish with: "We test you with good and ___."

Talk together:

• What were they tested with?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Why both?
• How can you pass both tests?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will thank Allah in good times and be patient in hard ones."

• Both are tests.
• Thank and be patient.
• Return to Allah.
• Next time: the next ayah (7:169) describes a careless generation. Explore it together!

Action: Thank Allah in good times and be patient in hard ones.