Start with bismillah.

Look at photos of yourself as a baby, a toddler and now. Ask: "How many stages have you already passed through?"

Watch National Geographic's "Butterfly: A Life".

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What will happen to us?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What's my next stage?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Inshiqaq is surah 84. Find ayah 19. The key words tabaqan 'an tabaq mean stage after stage. Scholars explain it as the stages of life, from birth to death to the Hereafter.

Fact: What are the four stages of a butterfly's life?

Ages 5–8: Life wheel. Draw the four stages of a butterfly in a circle: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly.

Ages 9–12: My stages. Make a timeline of your life stages so far, and add the stages still to come, all the way to the Hereafter.

Finish with: "I found that a butterfly's four stages are ___."

Talk together:

• A caterpillar can't stay a caterpillar forever. What does that teach us?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What stage are you in now? What's good about it?
• How can we get ready for the next stage?
• What would you like to ask an ustaz or ustazah about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will do one grown-up job to get ready for my next stage."

• Do a new "grown-up" job at home.
• Show someone your butterfly wheel or timeline.
• Ask an older relative about the stages of their life.
• Next time: the next ayah (84:20) asks why some people still don't believe. Explore it together!

Action: Do one grown-up job to get ready for your next stage.