Start with bismillah.

Mix up some toys and ask everyone to sort them into groups. Ask: "How did you decide where each one goes?"

Watch the Next Generation Science video "Classification of Animals".

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

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How will people be sorted?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Naba is surah 78. Find ayah 17. The key words yawm al-fasl mean the Day of Sorting, the Day of Decision. Good and bad will be separated fairly. Its time is fixed, known only to Allah.

Fact: How do scientists sort animals into groups?

Ages 5–8: Sort it. Sort pictures of animals into groups: fur, feathers, scales.

Ages 9–12: Animal groups. Find out the five groups of vertebrates and one example of each.

Finish with: "I found that scientists sort animals by ___."

Talk together:

• What will decide which group we're in on that Day?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Why is it fair that good and bad will be sorted?
• How can we be among the good group?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will sort out my bad habits from my good ones and keep the good."

• Play the animal sorting game.
• Make dua to be with the good on that Day.
• Next time: the next ayah (78:18) says people will come in crowds. Explore it together!

Action: Sort your habits and keep the good ones.