Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How do climbing plants hold on as they grow?"

Watch the Time Print time-lapse How Plants Climb.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What is wrapped together?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What does this picture mean?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Qiyamah is surah 75. Find ayah 29. The key words waltaffatis-saqu bis-saq mean shin is wound around shin. Many scholars explain it as the hardship of leaving this world meeting the hardship of the next. A climbing tendril wraps tightly around whatever it touches.

Fact: How does a tendril know to curl around a stick?

Ages 5–8: Twisting test. Twist two pipe cleaners together. How hard is it to pull them apart?

Ages 9–12: Climbers. Find three plants that climb and how each holds on.

Finish with: "I found that tendrils curl because ___."

Talk together:

• Why does the Quran use such a strong picture here?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How can we make things easier for someone going through hard times?
• What helps us when things feel tangled?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will help someone who is having a hard time."

• Help someone having a hard time.
• Show your twisted pipe cleaners.
• Tell someone how tendrils curl.
• Next time: the next ayah (75:30) says the journey that Day is to your Lord. Explore it together!

Action: Help someone who is having a hard time.