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أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ
'Alam' yaʻ'lamū 'anna -llaha yaʻ'lamu sirrahum' wanaj'wāhum' wa'anna -llaha ʻallāmu l-ghuyūbi
Know they not that Allah doth know their secret (thoughts) and their secret counsels, and that Allah knoweth well all things unseen?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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Don't they know that Allah knows their secrets and private conversations, and that He fully knows everything unseen?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Can anyone hear a secret whisper?"
Nasser Al-Qatami recites At-Tawbah on Sufyan Qadhi. A few minutes is plenty.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What does Allah know?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How does Allah know our private thoughts?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah At-Tawbah is surah 9. Find ayah 78. No whisper, thought or secret plan is hidden from Allah. This warns those who plot, and comforts believers whose hidden good deeds are seen.
Fact: The Name of Allah 'Allam al-Ghuyub, Knower of the unseen.
Ages 5–8: Secret good. Do a secret kind deed today.
Ages 9–12: Two sides. Write how Allah's knowledge is a warning and a comfort.
Finish with: "Allah is the Knower of the ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will do a secret good deed."
Action: Do a secret good deed.
