Start with bismillah.

Put a ripe banana in a bag with a hard green one. Ask: "What do you think will happen to the green one in a few days?"

Watch the short video showing how a ripe fruit makes the others around it ripen faster.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who rushed forward in this ayah?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Can one person's bad choice spread to others?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ash-Shams is surah 91. Find ayah 12. The key word ashqaha means the most wretched of them, the one who led the wrongdoing.

Fact: What gas does ripe fruit give off?

Ages 5–8: Banana test. Put one green banana in a bag with a ripe apple, and another green banana alone. Check them every day. Which ripens first?

Ages 9–12: Influence map. Think of a time a friend's choice changed what you did, good or bad. Draw a map of how it spread.

Finish with: "I found that ripe fruit gives off ___."

Talk together:

• How can one person's bad choice spread to a whole group?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What can you do when friends want to do something wrong?
• How can one person's good choice spread too?
• Who helps you be brave and say no?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will be the one who spreads good by ___."

• Say no kindly but firmly if friends suggest something wrong.
• Show someone your banana test.
• Next time: the next ayah (91:13) is about the warning of their prophet. Explore it together!

Action: Start something good that others can copy.