وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
How to read it
Wa mā 'ad'rāka mā saqaru
And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Wa mā 'ad'rāka mā saqaru
And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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And what will make you understand what Saqar is?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What do you think is inside the Sun?"
Watch the Kids Academy video Our Sun.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What question does the ayah ask?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why can't we imagine it fully?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Muddaththir is surah 74. Find ayah 27. The key words wa ma adraka mean "and what will make you know?" This question shows it is far greater than anything we can picture. Even the Sun's heat is hard for us to imagine.
Fact: What are the layers inside the Sun?
Ages 5–8: Sun picture. Draw the Sun with its layers as circles inside each other.
Ages 9–12: Sun record. Find out what a solar prominence is and how big it can be.
Finish with: "I found that the Sun has ___ layers."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will do one extra good deed each day."
Action: Do one extra good deed each day.

Never look straight at the Sun.