مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
How to read it
Matāʻan llakum' wali'an'ʻāmikum'
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Matāʻan llakum' wali'an'ʻāmikum'
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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All this is provision for you and for your animals.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How do goats climb such steep mountains?"
Watch the Nat Geo Animals video "Rock-Climbing Goats".
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who are all these gifts for?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What do mountain animals eat?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Nazi'at is surah 79. Find ayah 33. The key words mata'an lakum wa li-an'amikum mean provision for you and your animals. The sky, the earth, water, pasture and mountains all serve people and animals.
Fact: What helps ibex and goats grip on steep cliffs?
Ages 5–8: Thank-you circle. Draw the sky, earth, water, grass and mountains around a picture of you and an animal.
Ages 9–12: Mountain animals. Find three animals that live high in the mountains and what they eat.
Finish with: "I found that mountain goats grip cliffs using ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will thank Allah for one gift from ayat 27 to 33 every day."
Action: Thank Allah for one gift from ayat 27 to 33 every day.
