أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ
How to read it
'Ayaḥ'sabu 'an llan yaq'dira ʻalay'hi 'aḥadun
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ
'Ayaḥ'sabu 'an llan yaq'dira ʻalay'hi 'aḥadun
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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This ayah asks: does he think no one has power over him?
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Have you ever met someone who acts like nobody can tell them what to do?"
Watch the NASA video guide to solar flares, the biggest explosions on our sun.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What does this person wrongly think?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Who is more powerful than the sun?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Balad is surah 90. Find ayah 5. It is a question that makes us think about who really has power.
Fact: How much energy can one solar flare give out?
Ages 5–8: Big and small. Draw yourself, a house, a mountain, the Earth and the sun in order of size. Who made them all?
Ages 9–12: Space weather. Find out how solar flares can affect satellites and radios on Earth. Who protects us from most of it?
Finish with: "I found that a solar flare is ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, when I feel proud, I will say 'alhamdulillah' and remember Allah gave me ___."
Action: Turn every proud moment into an alhamdulillah.

Never look straight at the sun, even with sunglasses.