Start with bismillah.

Hold your hand in the sunshine. Ask: "What can you feel?"

Watch the Little School video "Solar Energy".

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

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How does the Sun keep burning?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Naba is surah 78. Find ayah 13. The key words sirajan wahhaja mean a blazing lamp. Scholars explain that this is the Sun, giving light and heat to the whole world.

Fact: How do solar panels turn sunlight into electricity?

Ages 5–8: Sun oven. Put a chocolate square on a plate in the sun and another in the shade. Which melts first?

Ages 9–12: Sun power. Find out how much of the world's electricity comes from solar panels.

Finish with: "I found that solar panels work by ___."

Talk together:

• What would the world be like without the Sun?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of? (An-Nur: the Light.)
• How does the Sun help plants, animals and us?
• How can we use the Sun's energy wisely?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will open the curtains in the morning and thank Allah for the light."

• Thank Allah for sunlight each morning.
• Try the sun oven test.
• Look for solar panels near you.
• Next time: the next ayah (78:14) is about rain from the clouds. Explore it together!

Action: Open the curtains in the morning and thank Allah for the light.