إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
How to read it
'Inna rabbaka labil-mir'ṣādi
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
'Inna rabbaka labil-mir'ṣādi
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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This ayah tells us that your Lord is always on watch.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "How do weather forecasters know a storm is coming before it arrives?"
Watch the NOAA video of the first pictures from the GOES-18 weather satellite, which watches the Earth all day and night. (It has background music.)
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What does this ayah tell us about Allah?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "If a satellite can watch the whole Earth, what can Allah see?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Fajr is surah 89. Find ayah 14. The key word al-mirsad means a lookout post, a watchtower. Nothing escapes Allah's watch.
Fact: How high above the Earth do weather satellites like GOES float?
Ages 5–8: Weather watch. Check the sky three times a day for a week and draw it. Can you guess tomorrow's weather?
Ages 9–12: Satellite look. With an adult, look at a live satellite weather map online. Find a storm. Which way is it moving?
Finish with: "I found that GOES satellites watch from about ___ km above the Earth."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will remember Allah is watching when I ___."
Action: Keep your weather-watch drawings and share them.
