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يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Yunabba'u l-'insānu yaw'ma'idhin bimā qaddama wa'akhkhara
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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That Day, each person will be told what they sent ahead and what they left behind.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Where does a computer keep your saved pictures and work?"
Watch the ABC Big Kids video How Memory Works.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What will each person be told?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What have I sent ahead today?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Qiyamah is surah 75. Find ayah 13. The key words bima qaddama wa akhkhar mean what he sent ahead and what he left behind. Good deeds we do are sent ahead. Good things we leave, like kind habits or a planted tree, keep counting after we're gone.
Fact: How does a computer store information so it isn't lost?
Ages 5–8: Deed diary. Each evening, draw one good thing you did today.
Ages 9–12: Leave behind. List three good things you could leave that keep helping people for years.
Finish with: "I found that computers store information by ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will do one good thing that keeps helping, like teaching someone."
Action: Do one good thing that keeps helping, like teaching someone.
