كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌۭ صُفْرٌۭ
How to read it
Ka'annahu jimālatun ṣuf'run
"As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌۭ صُفْرٌۭ
Ka'annahu jimālatun ṣuf'run
"As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Those sparks look like a line of yellowish camels.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "What colour are camels? How big are they?"
Watch the Rhinopedia clip of a camel caravan in the Sahara.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What are the sparks compared to?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why does the Quran compare things to camels?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Mursalat is surah 77. Find ayah 33. The key words jimalatun sufr mean yellowish camels. The Arabs knew camels well, so this picture helped them understand how large and many the sparks are.
Fact: How tall is a camel, and how far can a caravan travel in a day?
Ages 5–8: Camel size. Use a tape measure to find out how tall a camel is. Mark it on a wall with tape.
Ages 9–12: Desert travel. Find out how camels survive many days without water.
Finish with: "I found that a camel can go without water for ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will learn one thing about camels in the Quran."
Action: Learn one thing about camels in the Quran.
