أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ
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'A'idhā kunnā ʻiẓāman nnakhiratan
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ
'A'idhā kunnā ʻiẓāman nnakhiratan
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Even after we have become crumbling bones?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How do scientists rebuild a whole dinosaur from bones found in the ground?"
Watch the Natural History Museum video "How to reconstruct a dinosaur".
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What do the doubters ask?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How will Allah rebuild us?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Nazi'at is surah 79. Find ayah 11. The key words 'izaman nakhirah mean crumbling, hollow bones. The doubters thought it was impossible. But if people can rebuild a dinosaur from old bones, Allah can easily bring us back.
Fact: How do scientists know where each dinosaur bone goes?
Ages 5–8: Bone puzzle. Cut a skeleton picture into pieces and put it back together.
Ages 9–12: Fossil hunt. Find out how old the oldest dinosaur bones ever found are.
Finish with: "I found that scientists rebuild skeletons by ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will learn one ayah about the Hereafter by heart."
Action: Learn one ayah about the Hereafter by heart.
