Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What happens to a garden if weeds are left to grow?"

Watch the BBC Green Planet video with David Attenborough about weeds.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who are the people with dusty, dark faces?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How can I keep the 'weeds' out of my heart?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah 'Abasa is surah 80. Find ayah 42, the last one. The key words al-kafarah al-fajarah mean those who rejected and those who did wrong. Their ending matched their choices.

Fact: How do weeds compete with crops for water and light?

Ages 5–8: Weed patrol. Pull out a few weeds from a garden or pot (with gloves). How do the other plants look afterwards?

Ages 9–12: Habit garden. Draw your heart as a garden. Label "good plants" (good habits) and "weeds" (bad habits).

Finish with: "I found that weeds harm crops by ___."

Talk together:

• How do small bad habits grow like weeds?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How does Surah 'Abasa begin and how does it end?
• What lesson from this surah will you remember most?
• What would you like to ask an ustaz about this surah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will pull out one 'weed' habit and plant one good one."

• Pull a weed habit, plant a good one.
• Show someone your habit garden.
• Recite Surah 'Abasa (or part of it) with someone at home.
• Next time: the next surah, At-Takwir (81), begins with the Sun being folded up. Explore it together!

Action: Pull out one 'weed' habit and plant one good one.