مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
How to read it
Mmatāʻan llakum' wali'an'ʻāmikum'
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Opening the ayah…
مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Mmatāʻan 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 does grass that a cow eats end up helping us?"
Watch the It's Why Time video "Why Do Cows Have 4 Stomachs?".
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who is all this food for?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How does Allah feed every animal?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah 'Abasa is surah 80. Find ayah 32. The key words mata'an lakum wa li-an'amikum mean provision for you and your livestock. The whole journey from rain to fruit ends with food for people and animals.
Fact: Why do cows chew their food twice?
Ages 5–8: Food circle. Draw a circle: rain, grass, cow, milk, you!
Ages 9–12: Milk journey. Find out how grass becomes milk inside a cow.
Finish with: "I found that cows chew twice because ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will say alhamdulillah and think of the whole food journey at one meal."
Action: Say alhamdulillah and think of the whole food journey at one meal.
