يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
How to read it
Yatīman dhā maq'rabatin
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Yatīman dhā maq'rabatin
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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This ayah names the first person to feed: an orphan who is a relative.
Start with bismillah.
Draw your family tree with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Ask: "Who looks after whom in our family?"
Watch the FOX 13 news report about orca grandmothers who help their grandchildren survive. (Scientists appear.)
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who should we feed first on a hungry day?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why should relatives look after each other?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Balad is surah 90. Find ayah 15. The key words yatiman dha maqrabah mean an orphan who is close to you, a relative.
Fact: How do orca grandmothers help their family?
Ages 5–8: Family helpers. Next to each person on your family tree, draw one way they help others.
Ages 9–12: Pod study. Find out how orca families (pods) stay together and share food. Write three facts.
Finish with: "I found that orca grandmothers help by ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will call or visit ___ in my family."
Action: Call or visit a relative you haven't seen for a while.
