Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How do we know exactly what time it is?"

Watch the TED-Ed video "Who decides how long a second is?".

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What do people ask the Prophet ﷺ?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why doesn't Allah tell us when?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Nazi'at is surah 79. Find ayah 42. The key words ayyana mursaha mean "when will it arrive?" People kept asking when the Day of Judgement would come.

Fact: What is an atomic clock, and how accurate is it?

Ages 5–8: Make a clock. Make a paper-plate clock with moving hands.

Ages 9–12: Time keepers. Find out how people told the time before clocks.

Finish with: "I found that an atomic clock is accurate to ___."

Talk together:

• Why do people want to know when the Hour will come?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Is it more important to know when, or to be ready?
• How can we use our time well?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will use my time well and not waste it."

• Use your time well this week.
• Make your paper-plate clock.
• Pray each salah on time.
• Next time: the next ayah (79:43) asks what the Prophet ﷺ has to do with telling its time. Explore it together!

Action: Use your time well and not waste it.