يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
How to read it
Yaqūlūna 'a'innā lamar'dūdūna fī l-ḥāfirati
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
Yaqūlūna 'a'innā lamar'dūdūna fī l-ḥāfirati
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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They say: will we really be brought back to our former state?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Could you guess that a caterpillar would become a butterfly if you'd never seen it happen?"
Watch the Insider Science video about what happens inside a cocoon.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What do these people doubt?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How does Allah bring something back in a new way?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Nazi'at is surah 79. Find ayah 10. The key words lamardududuna fil-hafirah mean "will we really be returned to how we were?" Some people found it hard to believe. But Allah changes and renews life all the time.
Fact: What happens to a caterpillar inside its chrysalis?
Ages 5–8: Change cards. Draw a caterpillar, a chrysalis and a butterfly. Mix them up and put them in order.
Ages 9–12: Big changes. Find out about two other animals that completely change their bodies (frogs, dragonflies).
Finish with: "I found that inside a chrysalis, a caterpillar ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will do one good deed I'd love to see when I'm brought back."
Action: Do one good deed you'd love to see when you're brought back.
