Start with bismillah.

Ask: "If you had something really precious, how would you keep it safe forever?"

Watch the CNN video from inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Where is the Quran kept?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What is the Preserved Tablet?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Buruj is surah 85. Find ayah 22, the last one. The key words lawh mahfuz mean a Preserved Tablet. It is part of the unseen; we don't know what it looks like. Allah keeps the Quran safe from any change.

Fact: Why did people build a seed vault inside a frozen mountain?

Ages 5–8: Seed keeper. Collect some seeds in a small jar. Label it and keep it somewhere cool and dry.

Ages 9–12: Keeping the Quran. Find out how the Quran has been kept the same: memorised by millions and written carefully since the time of the Prophet ﷺ.

Finish with: "I found that the seed vault keeps seeds safe by ___."

Talk together:

• People work hard to keep seeds safe. How does Allah keep the Quran safe?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How can we help keep the Quran in our hearts?
• How does it feel to know the Quran will never be changed?
• What did you learn from the whole of Surah Al-Buruj?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will memorise a few new ayat of the Quran."

• Memorise a few new ayat.
• Show someone your seed jar.
• Recite Surah Al-Buruj with someone at home.
• Next time: the next surah, At-Tariq (86), begins with the sky and a night visitor. Explore it together!

Action: Memorise a few new ayat of the Quran.